The Brown Tree » Lance Serjeant William Hamilton Burton (1913-1942)
Personal data Lance Serjeant William Hamilton Burton
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- He was born on March 9, 1913 in Rathdown, Ireland.Sources 4, 6
Sunday 9.45 am
- Resident in the year 1941: London, Great Britain.Source 6
- He died on February 7, 1942 in Surrey, England, he was 28 years old.Sources 2, 3, 5, 6
- He is buried in Greater London, England.Sources 2, 5
- A child of William Thomas BURTON and Bedelia Mary HAMILTON
Household of Lance Serjeant William Hamilton Burton
Notes about Lance Serjeant William Hamilton Burton
1 UID 46071BFC1B2AC64AB139BEB453D38FAF7918 1 UID BED618DE81E1D44FB75040F2FABE9F23C26B 1 UID 2BB392613E48F44DB99F98E2F9DD391C9577 9.45 p.m. Sunday
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Sources
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- Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com
- UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday March 9, 1913
- The temperature on March 9, 1913 was between -1.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
- April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
- August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
- October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
- October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
- November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
- December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
Day of death February 7, 1942
- The temperature on February 7, 1942 was between -13.1 °C and -7.5 °C and averaged -10.5 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
- March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
- March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
- May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
- September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
- October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
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