Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver W. G. Barton, Royal Field Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (965229 Dvr. W. G. Barton. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (965229 Dvr. W. G. Barton. R.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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William George Barton was a resident of Woolwic, and was an explosives worker at Nobel’s Explosives Ltd. when he enlisted in 1913. As a munitions worker he was only called up for active service overseas in April 1918 and served with the 21st London (Howitzer) Battery R.F.A. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1918, his service papers noting that he served as an Officers’ Groom.