Medals

7. Sgt. Robert Barron

Name	Robert Barron
Service number	9302 and 25112
Rank – including any promotions, with dates	9302 Bugler 25112
Regiment	Durham Light Infantry
Battalion	2/6th
Unit
Postings	13/02/1901 – Home 16/03/1901 – 28/11/1901 – South Africa 29/11/1901 – 18/03/1902 – Home
Wounds
Silver War Badge? (WWI)
PoW Info. Etc.
Date of Discharge	18/03/ 1902
Other Information	Discharged medically unfit, received £5 War Grant

Birthplace	Coundon
Date of birth	1883
Enlisted
Lived
Parents	George Barron and Ellen Adams
+ address	361 Gurlish Lane, Coundon
Wife	Not Married
+ address	1939 – 72 Seymour Street, Bishop Auckland: 1911 address 21 Gurlish Terrace, Coundon
Children
Occupation	1939 – Building Contractor note – Serjeant Major – Reference National Military ( rest not photocopied)

Medals – held in

collection

Citations

6th DLI Best Shot

Medals – others awarded but

not held in collection

Victory Medal: British War Medal

T.F. War Medal – DLI – TFM1 – RQMS

T. Eff medal A.O. 369 of 1920

Vol Service Coy, DLI South Africa Medal – 9302 Bugler R Barron

9302 – South Africa Campaign Medal

Citations/Notes

How died – not known, at home, of wounds, killed in action
Date of death	1952
Age	68
Memorial
Cemetery – plot, row and grave

1952 Probate Records – died 2/01/1951 Lived at 72 Seymour Street, Bishop Auckland, Estate £4278

25112 W/O Class 11 (RQMS) 2/6th DLI

25112 W/O Class 11 Territorial Force W.M.

Information from Fold 3

5’4” Tall and weighed 110 lbs; He was fair of complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. His chest size was 35”

He was of Good Conduct

Assuming he was medically unfit for 1914-18 but continued in the Territorial Reserve

Picture from newspaper came from Paulsaunders60 family tree on Ancestry