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:
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
ONE OF THE UNRETURNING BRAVE