"go for a burton" meaning in English

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          "text": "[G]one for a Burton […] has, in the R.A.F., ousted gone West[.] \"He is dead\" may appear somewhat remote from \"He has gone for a glass of Burton\": but, then, all euphemisms do, at first, appear remote.",
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