Private 266065 Richard Barton

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Regiment/Unit: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 27
Date of death: 29th of July 1917 (Sunday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery - VII. A. 4.

Family details:
Son of Richard and Alice Barton.

Census details:
1891 - Not found. 1901 - 11 years old Richard is living at 58 Eldon Street, St Helens with parents Richard - a sheet glass packer (51), Alice (45) and brother James (5). 1911 - Sees 20 years old Labourer Richard still living at 58 Eldon Street, St Helens with his widowed mother Alice (53) brother James (15) and cousins to Alice - Elizabeth Ann Pickavance (53), Peter Thomas Pickavance (43).

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/266065RichardBarton.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Barton_R_266065_LNL.jpg[/pic] [caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/R_Barton_LNL_zps386cd314.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Richard Barton at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]