Photo: Brian Pirrie

Photo: Brian Pirrie

In Leadgate (St. Ives) Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:-

The headstone reads:-

In Loving memory of
John William Barron
Corpl. in 17th D.L.I.
Who died at Rugeley Camp
July 17th 1916 aged 27
Also
Richard Swinburn Barron
Brother of the above
Who died at Leadgate
Sept. 27th 1916 aged 24 years
Until the day dawn

Also of
Frederick Barron
their brother
who was killed in action
in Italy on
Oct. 28th 1918
Aged 21 years

In Memoriam notices were posted in the Blaydon Courier 29/10/1921.

Frederick Barron is remembered at Leadgate on L65.02, L65.03 and L65.07

The CWGC entry for Private Barron