HC Deb 11 August 1920 vol 133 c416W
Captain FOXCROFT

asked the Secretary of State for War what is the record of service during the War of ex-Lieutenant R. C. Barton, late of the Dublin Fusiliers, at present serving a sentence of penal servitude?

Mr. CHURCHILL

This ex-officer enlisted in the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps in October, 1915, and was granted a temporary commission in April, 1916, as a temporary second lieutenant in the 10th battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He had no overseas service and was permitted to resign his commission in September, 1917, for agricultural purposes, and was granted the honorary rank of second lieutenant.

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