 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ọdun 1811 Barton ni a ṣe iwe-aṣẹ bi ọmọ-ogun ni 87th Ọmọ-ọba Waless Irish Regiment of Foot ati ni ọdun 1813 ni a gbe lọ si Regiment 1st of Foot Guards, nibiti o ti ni igbega si Lieutet ati Captain ni ọdun 1815. Ó ṣiṣẹ nínú Ogun Napoleon, ó sì farapa nínú Ogun Quatre Bras. Ni ọdun 1826 o kopa ninu irin-ajo ara ilu Gẹẹsi si Ilu Pọtugalii ni : Ogun Miguelist Akọkọ, lábẹ ìdarí Ọgágun Sir William Henry Clinton. Ó fi ipò rẹ sílẹ nínú ẹgbẹ ológun ní July 1833. 