BARTON R.
Richard Barton
Private 11968
7th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
Richard Barton died on 14th July 1916, aged 26 years, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born c1890 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, to parents Edward & Mary Barton. Edward Barton was a Coal Miner, and a native of Leicester, and at the time of the 1901 census the family were living in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour (Addendum) - 31st January 1919
Private Richard Barton, 7th Leicesters.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Leicestershire Regiment’
BARTON Richard. Born Kirkby, Notts, enlisted Mansfield, Notts (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 7th Bn., Leicestershire Regt., Private 11968, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 14th July 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
