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Barton was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
 
Barton was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
  
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 15 July, 1915, vice [[William Lowther Grant|Grant]], and placed on the Retired List on 16 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29236/pages/3381 no. 7073.  p. 7073.]  20 July, 1915.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 15 July, 1915, vice [[William Lowther Grant|Grant]], and placed on the Retired List at his own request on 16 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29236/pages/3381 no. 7073.  p. 7073.]  20 July, 1915.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 11:14, 12 October 2010

Admiral Ernest Gillbe Barton, Royal Navy, Retired (20 October, 1861 – 29 January, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Barton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 July, 1915, vice Grant, and placed on the Retired List at his own request on 16 July.[2]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
  2. London Gazette: no. 7073. p. 7073. 20 July, 1915.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral E. G. Barton" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 1 February, 1938. Issue 47907, col C, pg. 16.

Service Records