Rifleman R/9677 Frank Barton
Regiment/Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 24th of August 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Gorton, Manchester
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.
Family details:
Son of Joseph and Mary Ellen Barton, of 31, St. Philip's Rd., Gorton, Manchester.
Census details:
1901 Census has Frank aged 7 living with his parents Joseph 45, Mary 38 and siblings Emma 18, Beatrice 16, Martha 14 and John 5 living at 9 Brunswick Street, South Manchester. 1911 Census The Barton family lived at 31 St Philips Road, Gorton in Manchester. Joseph (55), a native of Peasley Cross, and his wife Mary Ellen (48), had four daughters and two sons, including 17 year old Frank, a Tramways Employee
[pic]imgs/sppics/F_Barton_KRRC.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Rifleman Frank Barton on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
