Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Barton, of 49, Lee Smith Street., Hedon Roadd., Hull. His headstone bears the inscription; “God Is His Own Interpreter.”
BORN HULL 27/07/1896. SON OF GEORGE BARTON & MARY JANE (SMITH), OF 79 LEE SMITH STREET,HULL. WORKED AS A PAINT TURNER.
HE MARRIED SARAH ELIZABETH LEAK (1897-1963), AT DRYPOOL, HULL, ON 23/08/1913. THEY LIVED AT 49 LEE SMITH STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1917, AGED 21. HI ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW AND CHILD. BURIED AT DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GOD IS HIS OWN INTERPRETER”
THEIR ONLY SON WALTER FREDERICK BARTON (1914-1941), WAS KILLED IN WORLD WAR 2, AT SINGAPORE, ON 08/12/1941, AGED 27.
First name:
WALTER FREDERICK
Military Number:
45413
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
09/08/1917
Place died:
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
49 , LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
