Guardsman 28255 Robert Barton
Regiment/Unit: Grenadier Guards - 4th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 26
Date of death: 13th of April 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial - Panel 1
BMD details:
Marriage 25/11/1916 - Robertum BARTON to Saram BROWN at St Vincents RC, Derbyshire Hill.
Family details:
Husband of Sarah Barton, of 3, Mersey St., Parr, St. Helens, Lancs. Widow Sarah is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 8 years old Robert is living at 239 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens with parents John (56), Margaret (40) and three siblings: George (10), Margaret (6), Sarah (2). 1911 - Shows 18 years old 'Railway Wagon Sheet Repairer' Robert living at 239 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens with his widowed mother Margaret (49) and three siblings: George (20), Margaret (16), Sarah (12).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/28255RobertBarton.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/R_Barton_GrenGds.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Ploegsteert Memorial bearing the inscription for
Guardsman Robert Barton
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
