Harold Barton’s name of the Le Touret Memorial. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
| 18th October 1914. Harold Barton, C Social, 1907. 2nd Lt, 1st Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He left Radley in 1912 and went to Sandhurst. The Barton Cup is awarded annually to the best cadet in the Removes.He was killed in action in the Battle of La Bassée. His mother received a letter from the German officer who found his body:
‘ Dear Mrs. Barton,-Your son fell on the field of honour against our regiment. I admired his courage after a very hard struggle against us. Your son will be buried near Castle Warneton, near Lille. (Signed) Ewald, Lieutenant Feldart, Regt. No. 7.’ |
 Harold Barton, 2nd Lt, 1st Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers. kia La Bassee, 18 October 1914 |
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