Name
Allen John Barton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/05/1940
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Guardsman
2613556
Grenadier Guards
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAS-WARNETON (NEERWAASTEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave 36.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE. YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY. LOVING WIFE AND SON
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hitchin memorials
Biography
He was born in and resided in Hertfordshire. His Service Number was 2613556 and he was in the 3rd Battalion.
On the morning of the 28th May 1940, the Germans attacked the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadiers immediately north of the Commines-Warneton Canal The Grenadiers were well-supported by artillery and machine-guns and fought all day without yielding ground but suffering heavy casualties.
He was buried in Grave 36 of the Bas-Warneton (Neer-Waasten) Communal Cemetery in Belgium. A private inscription on the headstone reads "God's greatest gift remembrance. You are so far away. Loving wife and son".
He was the son of Harry and Grace Barton and husband of Elsie Barton of Hitchin. He had a son.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, ‘Roll of Honour Land Forces W.W.2.’ by J. Devereux & G. Sacker, ‘War in France & Flanders 1939-40’ by L.F. Ellis
