Peter Barton (historian)

Peter Arthur Barton
Born28 March 1955
NationalityBritish
OccupationMilitary Historian

Author

Filmmaker

Peter Arthur Barton (born 28 March 1955) is a British military historian, author and filmmaker specialising in trench warfare during World War I. He has published extensively on military mining and aspects of battlefield archaeology on the Western Front, and led archaeological excavations that have been featured in several Time Team episodes. His work has led to the rediscovery of many tunnels, wartime panoramas and mass graves of soldiers.