Sergeant-Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Barton,
Alfred Tennyson
Date of birth: 1892-04-04
Place of birth: Newburgh New York U.S.A.
Next of kin: A.I. Barton; Swansea, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Automobile Salesman
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 19577
Highest Rank:
Sergeant-Major
(10th Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant-Major, 10th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. This non-commissioned officer when in charge of his Company durng an attack, was instantly killed by enemy machine gun fire just after leaving our trenches.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1565036
LAC ID:
27896
Service file: B0487-S030
Uploader's Notes:
Son of A. I. and E. M. Barton, of Toronto, Ontario. On his Attestation Papers, he crossed out his full name of Alfred and wrote in Fred. He stated he was single and worked as an automobile salesman.
Both Book of Remembrance and Circumstances of Casualty five his name as Fred Tennyson Barton.
Previous military experience: Queen's Own Rifles, Toronto; 103rd Regiment, Calgary Rifles.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Company Sergeant Major Army Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-11