Birth: October-December 1920 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, UK
Father: Andrew Alfred Barton 1891-1921
Mother: Alice Mary Woods 1887-1981
Marriage: July-September 1941 Ilford, Essex, UK
Wife: Freda Saunders 1921-1978
Death: 10 October 1944 Faenza, Provincia di Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Burial: Reburied 14 May 1945 Plot V. B. 9, Faenza War Cemetery, Faenza, Provincia di Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Birth of Alfred A Barton, mother's maiden name Woods, in FreeBMD in October-December 1920 in Edmonton (3A 1269).
In the 1921 census as Alfred Andrew Barton born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire in 1921 and living with Andrew Alfred and Alice Mary Barton (parents?), George Andrew Henry Barton (uncle?), Edith Mary Barton (aunt?), George William Andrews (aunt's father), Alfred William Andrews (aunt's brother?) and Joseph Dye in Cheshunt, Edmonton, Middlesex.
His father died on 23 July 1921 from wounds received in April 1915 in Gallipoli, and was buried on 27 July 1921 in Cheshunt Cemetery. They were living at 4A Prospect Place Blindmans Lane, Chesthunt and the death was registered in Edmonton.
Marriage of Alfred A Barton and Freda Saunders in FreeBMD in July-September 1941 in Ilford (4A 1525)
Entry in Find a Grave for Private Alfred Andrew Barton, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment died 10 October 1944 aged 22/23 and buried in Plot V. B. 9, Faenza War Cemetery, Faenza, Provincia di Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Entry in Commonwealth War Graves Commision for Private Alfred Andrew Barton Service Number: 5989688, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, 1st Bn. The Hertfordshire Regt., died 10 October 1944, buried V. B. 9, Faenza War Cemetery, Italy. "Barton, Pte. Alfred Andrew, 5989688. 1st Bn, The Hertford Regt,. The Bedford and Hertfordshire Regt. 10th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of Andrew Alfred and Alice Mary Barton; husband of Freda Barton, of Barking, Essex. V.B. 9."
He was originally buried at 20GRU/HHO/2214 and reburied 14 May 1945 in 5B9. "1084/1/A/8 5.B.9 5/5989688 Private/A.A.Barton/The Hertfordshire Regiment/10th October 1944 Age 23/And While/I Understand and Fell/How Much to Them I Owe".
Following the fall of Rome to the Allies in June 1944, the German retreat became ordered and successive stands were made on a series of defensive lines. In the northern Appenine mountains the last of these, the Gothic Line, was breached by the Allies during the Autumn campaign and the front inched forward as far as Ravenna in the Adratic sector, but with divisions transferred to support the new offensive in France, and the Germans dug in to a number of key defensive positions, the advance stalled as winter set in. The war cemetery at Faenza was formed during these months for the burial of those who were killed in the static fighting before the Allied advance was renewed in April 1945.
Although Edmonton was in Middlesex it included Chesthunt which was in Hertfordshire.
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