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Name:

Thomas (Tom) BARTON

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

25/94

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Aspatria, Cumberland

Age at Death:

Unit:

25th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Irish)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

67 John Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Saturday 1st July 1916

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Somme, France, 1916. Battle of Albert, 1st – 13th July 1916

Locally Commemorated:

Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Husband of M A Barton of 67 John Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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