Robert Leonard Holton 1898-1944

Contributed by John & Barbara Holton, parents of Fiona Williams
(Robert Leonard Holton was John Holton's father)

• Born 26 November 1898 at Tingewick
• son of John Holton & Sarah Mary Ann (nee Addison)
• Robert volunteered although he was under age - probably 16 or 17
• He joined 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
• On 21st March 1918 Robert was taken prisoner of war
• He was gassed.
  Then he was forced to work in the salt mines somewhere in Germany.
  He survived (just). He was still in the army recovering in July 1919
• He married Florence Emily Smith from Reading and raised a family of four
  
  • Robert Thomas
  • Doreen
  • Alice
  • John Frederick (who contributed this)
• Robert Leonard died in 1944