BARTON, Leslie James

Rank: 
Fusilier
Unit / Base: 
5 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14604357
Born: 
Thursday, March 30, 1916
Birthplace: 
London
Died: 
1999
Place died: 
London
Fusilier Leslie Barton was wounded 15 March 1944 during operations in Burma. Leslie was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos and joined HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing at Gilmour House, Renfrew Road, Vauxhall, Lambeth. Post war member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / Natiional Archives file WO417/74.
The 1939 Register covering Lambeth.
Tony Moore FRHistS and Police Historian.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 109 (1999).
 

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