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Family Search: Alfred Harrington Burton was born on 23 August 1877, in Calcutta, West Bengal, India as the son of Alfred Burton and Alice Maud Tucker. He married Lily Faith Townsend on 15 June 1912, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1919 and lived in Detroit Ward 12, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Warren Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1924, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as insurance broker in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
Records show he was born 23 August 1877. See immigration records.
Named in February 2, 1916 War Diary entry: “LIEUT BURTON admitted to hospital (shell shock.)
Alfred Harrington Burton was born 1867 in Calcutta India, and died date unknown. He married Lilly Faith Townsand.
A.H. Burton was born in Calcutta, India to English missionary parents stationed there.
I believe he was a map maker for the army.
Farmed in Royal Oak, MI. Was a Royal Oak police office.
Planted and tended the flowers at the elephant fountain at the Detroit Zoo.
Note: Service records confirm that his address was Republic Avenue, Ten Mile Road, Ridge Road, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.A. on card dated March 23, 1922.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
Alfred Harrington Burton is my grandfather.
I would love to have a copy of his Service Record from England! He also served in U.S.A. and achieved the rank of Col. He worked at Aeronautical Chart and Imagery Center (A.C.I.C.) in U.S.A.