Private Arthur Barton
Army Number : 11800
Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Sneinton, Nottingham. Son of Frank and Anne Barton, of 1, Pleasant Terrace, Upper Eldon Street, Sneinton. Brother of Mrs. S. A. Wakefield of 24, Camden Street, Sneinton Road, Nottingham. He was a sawyer prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France 4th November 1914 and was killed in action, 11th March 1915, age 29, in the attack at Neuve Chapelle, France.
Commemorated : Le Touret Memorial, France. Panel 26 and 27.
Private Arthur Barton is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Stephen’s Church War Memorial, Nottingham
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Nottingham.
St. Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.