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Pte. Reginald Bartley
Australian Imperial Forces B Coy. 33rd Btn.
from:Howell, New South Wales
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Reginald Bartley was a 19 year old Farm Labourer from Howell, New South Wales. He was killed in action near Plugstreet Wood during the attack on the 7th June 1917, he has no known grave.
2nd Lt. Thomas James Bartley
Australian Imperial Forces 42nd Btn.
from:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Sgt. William Bartley
Canadian Infantry 52nd Btn.
(d.16th October 1916)
Sergeant Bartley is buried in the Protestant plot, near the main path of the Tralee New Cemetery, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Sister. Barton
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Pte. Abraham Dunn Barton
British Army 17th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Dartford, Kent
(d.23rd July 1916)
A/Sgt. Arthur Barton
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:72 Breeze Hill, Liverpool
Arthur Barton was a Gun Layer with the Artillery. I hold some papers that informed my grandmother of my grandfather's progress. On the 24th of September 1917 He was admitted to No.1 Canadian General Hospital with Gas Poison and Shell Wound. (My wife,s great uncle Frank Bexon,later killed was a stretcher bearer with the Canadians, did their paths cross?)
On the 8th of October 1918 He was promoted to acting Sergeant and my grandmother was advised that his pay would rise from 32/6 a week to 35/- and on 29th of October 1918 He passed his examination as a Gun Layer being graded as Good, and is qualified to act as such.
Pte. Charles Henry Barton MM
British Army 10th Field Ambulance, 4th Div. Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Wigan, Lancs.
Charles Boston was awarded the Military Medal for eight hours hard work dressing wounds in no-mans land at Redan Ridge where, although badly injured by shrapnel, he managed to drag back a badly wounded comrade to British lines. He was stretchered to an aid post and shipped back to hospital in England. Charles survived the battle and died at home in the Isle of Man in 1947.
Pte. Cyril Frederick Barton
British Army Middlesex Regiment
A Nightingale Sung.... My grandfather 'Grandpop Barton' was a 'story teller', always ready with massive 'fishermans tales' about his war exploits, often by inferring involvement rather than any actual proof or evidence of heroism or derring-do. Strange then, he never mentioned his brother, Cyril, who went off to war with the Middlesex Regiment to France and never came back. Maybe it was the sheer loss of his beloved brother that led to his fantasy tales, suffice to say that my step-grandmother adored Pop and apparently genuinely believed his tall stories. She had one possession he had kept to remember his brother, a Middlesex Regiment badge.
Recently a photograph of Cyril came to light with uncanny family resemblances, my grand pop featured as a boy scout proudly alongside his soldier brother. A common surname, with little information, left us no wiser as to Cyrils final fall. Then, a result! Grandpop had one genuinely unusual thing about him, his middle name of Nightingale, led me through census records and war grave records to a small military cemetery in Couin France to find his brother, my great uncle, lying there. Rest well Great Uncle, maybe a nightingale flies above you as you sleep. Your tomorrow for our today.
Pte. Edward Barton
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.6th Sep 1916)
Edward Barton was born in St. Luke's, Cork and lived and enlisted in Dublin. He was killed in action.
Update: Edward Barton was born in 1891 to Edward John Barton and Marianne (Sievewright). In the 1911 census he was at Jellalabad Military Barracks, South Tedworth, Hants with his unit, 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Able Sea. Enoch Barton
Royal Navy HMS Vanguard
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.9th Jul 1917)
Enoch Barton served with the Royal Navy during WW1. He was killed in an explosion aboard HMS Vanguard in Scapa Flow Naval Base on the 9th July 1917, aged 29 and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth. He was the son of William Henry and Eleanor Barton, of 850, Padiham Rd., Burnley, Lancs. Art teacher at the Technical School, Burnley and a Mason of Red Rose of Lancaster Lodge No. 1504, Padiham. Native of Padiham.
Pte. George Barton
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Basingstoke, Hants
(d.7th Jun 1917)
I believe George Barton, my grandfather took part in the battle of Messines as he was with the 15th Batt., Hampshire Regiment in June 1917. He was born in Basingstoke in 1858 and lived at 20 Victoria Street there with his wife Harriet Ann and three children. The 1911 census tells us he was employed as a Carter contracted to a coal merchant.
Pte George Henry Barton
British Army Royal Fusiliers
from:Sheffield
George Barton is my Maternal Grandfather and I know little about him except what I have gleaned from online research and family anecdote which suggests he may have been a Bomber in a tunneling team at some point of the war. I was told that he had been discharged because the chemicals he handled in the course of setting explosive charges had caused him ill health but he was not discharged until 26th March 1919 which would probably have been his natural discharge date on a short service attestation.
Cpl. H. Barton
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.1st July 1916)
Cpl. H Barton is buried in Fricourt New Military Cemetery
L/Cpl. Herbert John Barton
British Army 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Fillongley, Warwickshire
(d.8th June 1918)
Gnr. James Barton
British Army 86th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Warrington, Lancashire
(d.13th Sept 1918)
Sjt. John Thomas Barton
British Army 1/8th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Bredbury
These are transcripts of three letters written to my grandmother by my grandfather, John Barton while he was serving with 1/8th Manchesters at Cape Helles, Gallipoli. Although undated my research has led me to be fairly certain that the first letter was written soon after the famous "Charge of the Manchesters" at Krithia on 4th June 1915 and explains his rapid promotion to Sgt, "on the field," (the loss of men was enormous). The second letter speaks for itself as he recovered from a shrapnel wound to the knee. The "Big Battle" mentioned in the third letter was the dreadful struggle to capture Krithia Vinyard which began on 7th August 1915.
Dear Lizzie.
I bet you will be surprised to hear that I have been made a sergeant on the field. We made a magnificent bayonet charge and came off victorious. We didn't half make the Turks fly. I was sorry to hear of my poor pal Sam Brookshaw's death, it came as a shock to me, but never mind, he died for his country, like a brave soldier, and that is something to remember. Do please remember me to all my pals, only I suppose they have all 'listed. We shall want them all in this great struggle. I am in the best of health but get very weary with no time to stretch my legs having been in the trenches for many weeks now. We have not had a farthing of our pay, but there are no shops so we can't buy anything. I am getting quite used to living like a rabbit; it is a case of burrowing for your life.
Dear Lizzzie.
I am in hospital. I got a crack on my knee and it has produced cynivitus. It is much better in here than in the trenches and quite a rest after the peninsula; no shrapnel in here. Don't upset yourself, it is nothing very serious and I expect to be back in the trenches soon. It is about time we got a furlough; twelve months have passed since we left dear Old England and it seems like twelve years. Still, we must not grouse. We shall get over it alright.
Dear Lizzie
I went for a swim in the Dardanelles the other day. The Turks threw a few Jack Johnsons at us but they are poor gunners. When they drop a shell on land it makes a tidy dugout where you can take cover quite safely as they never drop two in the same place. It is very nice country around here only we have not had a chance to explore it. We hope to see a little more of it shortly. I am writing this to you in the midst of a big battle, but we are not down hearted yet, not by a long chalk. Love to you and our boy. Tommy.
Tommy left Cape Helles with the rearguard in January 1916, one of the last to leave the Gallipoli peninsula. He survived his later war in France, joined the Coldstream Guards in 1920 as a substantive Sgt and stood, arms reversed, at one corner of the coffin of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey in 1921.
Pte. John Barton
British Army C Coy. 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Rosedale Terrace, Willington
(d.2nd Nov 1916)
Pte. Jonathan Barton
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
(d.20th November 1917)
Col. Nathaniel Dunbar Barton MID
Australian Imperial Force 7th Light Horse Brigade
from:Australia
Nathaniel Dunbar Barton was a 20 year old medical student from Wellington, New South Wales who enlisted in the 7th Light Horse Brigade. Prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Barton had been a second lieutenant in the 34th Battalion of the Citizen Military Forces. He departed Sydney aboard HMAT Ajana on 19th December 1914 and arrived in Egypt in early February 1915. Two of his brothers, Private Denis Hampden Barton and Private Brian Templar Barton also enlisted.
After joining the fighting at Gallipoli in early May 1915, Barton was promoted to lieutenant. He was wounded in July and returned to Egypt to recuperate. In 1916 and 1917, Barton served with the 7th Light Horse across the Middle East, including the battle of Romani. He was promoted to the rank of major in September 1916. In mid-1918 Barton received a Mention in Despatches for assisting the 5th Light Horse to defend their position on a key hill at Tel-el-Negily.
After returning to Australia Barton completed his studies in medicine and began working in Parkes, New South Wales. Barton also served during the Second World War as a lieutenant colonel with the Medical Corps at Darwin and Moratai, New Guinea. During this time, he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his distinguished service to the war effort in New Guinea. After the war, Nathaniel Barton returned to Australia and settled in Wellington, New South Wales where he established a successful private medical practice.
Pte. T. Barton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Lt. Thomas Eyre Barton
British Army Royal Irish Regiment
from:Ireland
(d.August 1916)
Thomas Barton was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme
2nd Lt. Thomas Eyre Barton
British Army 14th Btn. att. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Ireland
(d.16th Jul 1916)
Thomas Eyre Barton was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme.
2nd Lt. Vivian Alfred Barton
British Army C Battery, 162nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Dalkey Village, County Dublin
(d.22nd Sep 1917)
Vivian Barton was born on May 29th 1883. He was the son of Richard James and Florence Caroline Barton, of 8 Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey, County Dublin. He enlisted in June 1915, and the following January received his commission to 2nd Lieutenant. Lieutenant Barton died in Ypres aged 34, and is buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinge.
Pte. W. Barton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Rfm. Walter Barton
British Army 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:81, Ashmill Street, St. Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London
(d.27th Sep 1915)
My great uncle, Walter Barton, is buried in Merville, located about 15 kilometers from Bethune, Northern France. It was a billeting and hospital center from 1915 to 1918. All the British soldiers buried there were those who died in hospitals. There are over 1000 graves of British casualties in the CWGC cemetery at Merville Communal Cemetery. Unfortunately I do not know where he was injured and when exactly it happened.
Pte. George Leopold Bartram
British Army 29th Btn. London Regiment
from:Lewisham, London
Pte. Albert Bartrup
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:West Ham
(d.28th April 1917)
Albert Bartrup was one of ten brothers, five of whom are known to have served in WWI, four in the Army and one in the Merchant Navy. Albert (born 1881) served with the 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 28th April 1917.
His younger brother Walter (born 1898) of the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment died two weeks earlier on 14th April 1917 from wounds sustained at the Battle of Arras. Alfred (Walter's twin brother) served with the 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, Prince Consort's Own and was killed in action on 5th August 1917 at Ypres. Frederick (born 1896), the fourth Bartrup brother serving in the Army (Rifle Brigade), survived the war.
Pte. Walter Bartrup
British Army 2nd Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Canning Town
(d.14th Apr 1917)
Walter Bartrup (my wife's great grandmothers brother) was one of ten brothers. Aged 19 he died of his wounds on 14th of April 1917 and is on the Arras memorial. 14 days later his older brother Albert of the 10th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers was killed in action at Arras. On 5th of August 1917 Walter's twin brother Alfred of the 16th Battalion Rifle Brigade Prince Consorts Own was killed in action at Ypres.
Pte. Thomas Anthony Barugh
British Army 6th Btn. Green Howards
from:Ida Terrace, Beeston Hill, Leeds
Thomas Anthony Barugh was a printer prior to enlisting. He enlisted on 19th of July 1915, aged 37 & 9 months, height 5ft 4ins. He gave his wife was his next of kin Amelia Barugh nee Heywood, they ad 4 children 1 girl and 3 boys. He served in Gallipoli from the 27th of Oct 1915 to Dec 1915, the was in Egypt until June 1916 then moved to Arras in France. Thomas was posted to the 9th Service Battalion on the 20th of July 1916, on the 27th he was in Albert and went into the from line on the 5th of August. He was in action on the 7th of August at Scots Redoubt and on the 11th his battalion were withdrawn to St Omer. Thomas was detained on the 21st of August 1916 having being absent without leave from 8th of August. He was tried in a Field Court Martial on the 14th of September 1916 and sentenced to 42 days field punishment no 1. On the 12th of September 1916 he was in action at Henencourt Wood, on the 15th at Millencourt, on the 1st of October at Martinpuich. On the 7th at Le Sars he suffered gunshot wounds to his lower extremities.
Private William Barwise
British Army Sherwood Foresters
(d.23rd April, 1917)
I am trying to help an elderly lady who is trying to trace this person. He was killed in an assault in/or near Arras, and is buried in a cemetary in Arras. His brother, in the same assault saw him killed, and was never the same man again for the rest of his life. I cannot find any trace of him in Commonwealth Graves Commission. Has anyone any ides please? Reg.
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