Lt Ronald Lewis Bolton was the son of Mr and Mrs L W Bolton, of Walthamstow, Essex.
He was granted an emergency commission with The Hampshire Regiment on 12 July 1941, after completing training at an Officer Cadet Unit, and later volunteered for airborne forces. He subsequently served with 152nd Indian Parachute Battalion and was killed on the first day of the Battle of Sangshak.
Lt Bolton died on 19 March 1944 and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
