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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
The son of surveyor H. H. Barton of Folkestone.<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/8.|}} f. 8.</ref> | |||
Barton was rushed into seagoing service as a {{NavCadRN}}, first to the {{UK-1London|f=t}} and then, in September 1915 to the {{UK-NewZealand|f=t}}. He would serve in her at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. He left ''New Zealand'' when he joined {{UK-Nigella}} in March, 1917.{{ToL|Officers Of L.24|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}} | Barton was rushed into seagoing service as a {{NavCadRN}}, first to the {{UK-1London|f=t}} and then, in September 1915 to the {{UK-NewZealand|f=t}}.<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/8.|}} f. 8.</ref> He would serve in her at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. He left ''New Zealand'' when he joined {{UK-Nigella}} in March, 1917.{{ToL|Officers Of L.24|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}} | ||
Barton was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 August, 1919. | Barton was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 August, 1919.<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/8.|}} f. 8.</ref> | ||
Barton died as first-lieutenant aboard {{UK-L24}} when she was lost with all hands following a collision with {{UK-Resolution|f=t}} eleven miles off Portland Bill on 10 January, 1924. He is entombed within the submarine at thirty fathoms depth.{{ToL|British Naval Disaster|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}}{{ToL|The Dead In L24|18 Jan. 1924, p. 9}}{{ToL|Officers Of L.24|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}} | Barton died as first-lieutenant aboard {{UK-L24}} when she was lost with all hands following a collision with {{UK-Resolution|f=t}} eleven miles off Portland Bill on 10 January, 1924. He is entombed within the submarine at thirty fathoms depth.{{ToL|British Naval Disaster|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}}{{ToL|The Dead In L24|18 Jan. 1924, p. 9}}{{ToL|Officers Of L.24|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:33, 23 February 2025
Lieutenant Donald Howell Barton, (3 July, 1898 – 10 January, 1924) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of surveyor H. H. Barton of Folkestone.[1]
Barton was rushed into seagoing service as a Naval Cadet, first to the battleship London and then, in September 1915 to the battlecruiser New Zealand.[2] He would serve in her at the Battle of Jutland. He left New Zealand when he joined Nigella in March, 1917.[3]
Barton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 August, 1919.[4]
Barton died as first-lieutenant aboard L 24 when she was lost with all hands following a collision with battleship Resolution eleven miles off Portland Bill on 10 January, 1924. He is entombed within the submarine at thirty fathoms depth.[5][6][7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/8. f. 8.
- ↑ "Officers Of L.24." The Times (London, England), 11 Jan. 1924, p. 10.
- ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/8. f. 8.
- ↑ "British Naval Disaster." The Times (London, England), 11 Jan. 1924, p. 10.
- ↑ "The Dead In L24." The Times (London, England), 18 Jan. 1924, p. 9.
- ↑ "Officers Of L.24." The Times (London, England), 11 Jan. 1924, p. 10.
