Lance Serjeant 19475 Robert BARTON

4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards

Died of Wounds, Monday 13th May 1918, PoW Camp, Szczecin, Poland, Age 26

Home address:

9 Hall Street, Hyde, Kingston, Cheshire

Born:

1892, Marple, Derbyshire

Parents:

Betty Barton and Robert Barton
9 Hall Street, Kingston, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Apprentice Hat Blocking

Enlisted:

Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered:

Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany, plot VII, row C, grave 9.

Link to Hyde:

Enlisted in Hyde

Died a Prisoner of War in the “Altdamm” PoW camp, Dabie, Szczecin, Poland.

The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his mother:

IN THE FLOWER OF MANHOOD
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
ONE OF THE UNRETURNING BRAVE