{"id":1890,"date":"2013-11-17T19:26:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T19:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=1890"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:11:27","slug":"bertie-bowman-barton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/bertie-bowman-barton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bertie Bowman Barton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1890\" data-postid=\"1890\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1890 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_e4c2989 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_8b16394 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_j7bm764 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Bertie Bowman Barton<br><strong>DoB:\u00a0<\/strong>Feb 10 1884<br><strong>Regt: \u00a0<\/strong>Lance Corporal A\/200972 King\u2019s Royal Rifle Corps<strong><br><\/strong><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>Nov 30 1917<strong><br><\/strong><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS 1893-98<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_217q199 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_w4sx284 image-center   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barton-383x344.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"344\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-697\" title=\"barton\" alt=\"barton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barton-383x344.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barton-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barton-630x566.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barton.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ef6fc7f tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_619da95 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_e877a71 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Bertie Bowman Barton <\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   gray\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-e877a71-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-e877a71-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-e877a71-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-e877a71-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_50bd465\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_44zl465 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ryi1465   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Family Background:\u00a0<\/strong>Bertie Bowman Barton was born just 366 days after his only sibling Henry. They were the two sons of Thomas and Martha (nee Bowman). Thomas was brought up at 1 The Crescent, Carlisle. According to the census returns he was there from 1841 to 1881, living with his family. The family firm was located behind the house. In 1881 he was there aged 48, living with his widowed mother, probably with everyone assuming that he was a confirmed batchelor! In just under three years by February 10 1884, he has married and the father of two sons! In 1891 the family was living at Bothcherby Grange. However within another two years, Thomas had died (Sept 22 1892) and the boys were under the guardianship of their batchelor uncle Robert, and Bertie was living at no 1 The Crescent with Robert and their maiden aunt Elizabeth. The Bartons were a fairly wealthy Carlisle family. Thomas and Robert are listed as coach builders on all census returns up to 1891, and their father had started the business. They built horse drawn coaches and then went on to train coaches. The National Railway Museum in York has one of their coaches. Robert sold the business as a going concern sometime after Thomas died. The family had connections back to Wigton where Bertie\u2019s grandparents and great grandparents are buried. Robert describes himself as a farmer on the 1901 and 1911 census. Robert died in early 1917 and left his considerable fortune to Bertie.<\/p>\n<p>Bertie\u2019s mother came from Newcastle,where her father had had a printing business, but it seems to have been on a smaller scale than the Barton business. She was nearly twenty years younger than her husband. No trace of her can be found after the 1891 census.<\/p>\n<p>Bertie\u2019s brother Henry pursued an army career; he was gazetted to the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0West Yorkshire Regiment (Militia Battalion) July 1901 and served in the Boer War 1901-1902, then gazetted to the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0East Yorkshire Regiment in 1904.\u00a0 He resigned his commission in 1907. Fettes records put his death between 1909 and 1922. As Robert left everything to Bertie it seems likely that Henry died before 1917.<\/p>\n<p>Bertie married Gertrude Frances Crofts Pearson on December 9 1909 at St. Georges\u2019s Hanover Square, London. In 1911 they were living at Windsor Mansions, in London, Bertie described himself as a law student. No children have been found.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-e877a71-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-e877a71-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-e877a71-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-e877a71-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_gmyy465\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_64gn465 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_u56b465   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Academic Record<\/strong>\u00a0 Bertie and his elder brother Henry both attended the Grammar School and then went on to Fettes College, Edinburgh. Bertie then went to Trinity Hall Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1908, becoming a barrister.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-e877a71-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-e877a71-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-e877a71-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-e877a71-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_zuoy465\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_2n7k465 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_7nsn465   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>War Service<\/strong>: Bertie was a conscript, called up under the Military Services Acts of 1916. He had enlisted into the Inns of court Officer Training Corps on Oct 1 1914 but had been discharged on Nov 4 1914 due to \u201c<em>unsatisfactory conduct<\/em>\u201c! \u00a0Bertie was firstly in the Rifle Brigade as a private, then he was promoted to lance corporal and went to the 10th King\u2019s Royal Rifle Corps. \u00a0He was reported missing in the Battle of Cambrai on the 30th November 1917. Which\u00a0was one of the first battles which included tanks. Cambrai was an important rail head and on November 30 the Germans counter attacked. The following is an extract from <em>\u201cThe Annals of the King\u2019s Royal Rifle Corps, Vol V The Great War\u201d by<\/em>\u00a0Major General Sir Stuart Hare<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe night of November 29 was fairly quiet, but at 7.45 am on November 30, the Germans made a strong attack on the 12th Division, which was on our right, and succeeded in piercing their line. They broke through Lateau Wood in great numbers, and thus got right behind our four companies, as we were in position north-east of the wood.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At this time all was well with us in front, and Battalion Headquarters were in communications with our outpost company, ten minutes later this line was cut. The events that followed were dramatic. Twice the Germans made desperate frontal attacks, but were splendidly repulsed by rifle and Lewis gun fire, and many Germans bit the dust. Then we found ourselves attacked on three sides \u2013 in front, rear and right flank. Fierce fighting followed, and the casualties on both sides were very heavy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Very few of the men and none of the Officers, succeeded in getting away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The\u00a0Battalion\u00a0Headquarters fell back, fighting all the way, till they joined the reserve battalion of the brigade, the survivors totalled 4 \u00a0Officers and 16 other ranks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-e877a71-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-e877a71-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Battalion                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-e877a71-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-e877a71-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_s51l465\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_dbhy465 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_q8j9465   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Battalion: <\/strong>Rifle Brigade s\/25896 and 10th King\u2019s Royal Rifle Corps 200942<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-e877a71-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-e877a71-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-e877a71-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-e877a71-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_arbp465\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_inq8465 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_dbqm465   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Other: <\/strong>Bertie\u2019s wife Gertrude inherited nearly \u00a320,000 as Bertie had inherited so much money from his uncle earlier that year. Gertrude died in 1962 never having remarried. She was still putting memorial notices for Bertie in newspapers in 1941.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-e877a71-5\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-e877a71-5-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-e877a71-5-content\" data-id=\"acc-e877a71-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_qm5l465\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_h3br465 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_84i0465   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>www.Ancestry.co.uk: \u00a0Medal Rolls Index, Probate Calandar, Marriage bonds<\/p>\n<p>The London Gazette<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Annals of the King\u2019s Royal Rifle Corps, Vol V The Great War\u201d by<\/em>\u00a0Major General Sir Stuart Hare<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1914-1918.net\/\">www.1914-1918.net<\/a>\u00a0 members forum<\/p>\n<p>Cumberland News 13th April 1918<\/p>\n<p>Census:<\/p>\n<p>1841: HO 107\/175\/2<\/p>\n<p>1851: HO 107\/2429\/487<\/p>\n<p>1861: RG9\/3914\/24<\/p>\n<p>1871:RG10\/5217\/7<\/p>\n<p>1881:RG11\/5154<\/p>\n<p>1891:RG12\/4287\/107<\/p>\n<p>1901:RG13\/4861<\/p>\n<p>1911:RG14\/551<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bartonhistory.wikispaces.com\/Bertie+Bowman+Barton+(d.1917)\">http:\/\/bartonhistory.wikispaces.com\/Bertie+Bowman+Barton+(d.1917)<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Key Information Name:\u00a0Bertie Bowman BartonDoB:\u00a0Feb 10 1884Regt: \u00a0Lance Corporal A\/200972 King\u2019s Royal Rifle CorpsDoD:\u00a0Nov 30 1917Academic Career: CGS 1893-98 Bertie Bowman Barton Family Background Family Background:\u00a0Bertie Bowman Barton was born just 366 days after his only sibling Henry. 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