Peter Barton
Rank: Private
Service No: 2654
Date of Death: 12/07/1915
Theatre of Death: Gallipoli
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (7th Bn.)
Memorial: Helles Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mrs. Barton, 35 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Anthony Barton.
1901 census information:
Address: 536 Rutherglen Road, Hutchesontown.
Father: Anthony (29), law clerk, born about 1872 in America.
Mother: Mary (28) born about 1873 in Glasgow.
Sister: Mary (8) born about 1893 in Glasgow.
Sister: Janet (6) born about 1895 in Glasgow.
Brother: James (4) born about 1897 in Glasgow.
Self: Peter (2) born about 1899 in Glasgow.
Brother: Edward (5 months) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Peter Barton, 7th H.L.I., was killed at the Dardanelles on July 12. The commanding officer and some of his comrades have also forwarded letters of condolence. Private Barton enlisted shortly after the outbreak of hostilities, and his father is serving with the 3rd Cameron Highlanders, while his brother, Private James Barton, formerly a taxi-driver in Glasgow, is with the Motor Transport Section of the A.S.C.