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Rflm. Robert Loveless Barker
British Army 1/6th Btn. London Regiment (City of London Rifles),
(d.4th Nov 1916)
Robert Loveless Barker served with the London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 1/6th Btn. He was executed for cowardice on 4th November 1916, aged 21. He is buried in Reninshelst New Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Robert Barker
British Army 12th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.27th April 1918)
Drv. Thomas George Freeman Barker
British Army 228th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Gloucester
Thomas Freeman served in France and Flanders between 9th of July 1915 and 18th of August 1916. He was wounded in the shoulder and arm.
Pte. W. Barker
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. William Barker
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.20th Nov 1917)
Sgt. William Barker DCM.
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 20th DLI
Pte. Robert Clough Barkhouse
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bowburn
Pte David John Barkley
British Army 253rd Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
(d.19th April 1916)
Able Sea Robert Barkley
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve S.S. Tudor Prince
(d.6th November 1918)
Able Seaman Barkley died at Leghorn Hospital from Pneumonia following Influenza and is buried in the Leghorn British Cemetery in Italy.
Mjr. C. C. L. Barlow
British Army 1st btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
I am not related to Major Barlow, but my grandfather acted as his batman during the earlier campaigns in the Sudan. I have a reference the then Captain Barlow wrote for my grandfather George Thompson. Capt. Barlow gave my grandfather the cane walking stick used by his own father, I understand, during the Crimean campaign, which we still have this. My grandfather emigrated to Australia in 1911, and I often wondered whether Capt. Barlow had served in WW1. I have just found that he did, as there is a note re correspondence from his sister in 1921 requesting his medals, I feel he must have been killed in acion or died shortly after the war.
Pte. Cornelius Barlow
British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Athlone
(d.10th March 1917)
Cpl. Francis John Barlow
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Boxford, Berkshire
(d.3rd May 1917)
George E. Barlow
Royal Navy HMS Queen Mary
George Barlow's death was reported in the Liverpool Echo on the 5th of June 1916 "Barlow, killed in action on board HMS Queen Mary, in the naval battle in the North Sea, aged 18, the dearly beloved and eldest son of Mr and Mrs Barlow, 69 Blythswood St, Aigburth. Deeply mourned by his father, mother, sister, brother and friends."
Pte. George Edward Barlow
British Army 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Wolverhampton
(d.4th Nov 1915)
George Barlow was my great uncle. He was my grandfather's, Joseph Frederick Barlow's, elder brother. George served with 11th Bn Middlesex Regiment and was the son of Thomas Cornish Barlow and Kate Barlow of 11 Tower Street, Wolverhampton. He died on the 4th November 1915. Aged 24. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
Pte. George Barlow
British Army 6th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Wolverhampton
(d.4th November 1915)
George Barlow enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment early in 1915 but was killed in the Battle of Loos in November of the same year. No known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
CSM. H. Barlow
British Army 7/8 Btn., B Coy. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
I own CSM Barlow's binoculars. The details above are inscribed on the bottom of the case. If anyone knows about him I'd appreciate more information.
Pte. John Willie Barlow
British Army 6th Btn. Yorks and Lancs Rgt.
from:Rotherham
(d.20th October 1918)
I did not know my grandfather John Willie Barlow. My father remembered being in his mother's arms as they said their farewells at the railway station. It is sad that so many fine men went to their deaths in this 'War to end all Wars'.
I would love to have known him, all I now have is a picture of him in a bathing costume. It is equally sad that so many men died of wounds so late in the conflict.
In this day and age, all I can say in the current parlance, is 'Respect', for without your sacrifice, the world would be a different place today.
A/Sgt. Joseph Barlow
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
Cpl. Knightley Trevor Barlow MID.
British Army 1/6th Btn. London Regiment
from:Richmond, Surrey
My grandfather served with the Cast Iron Sixth throughout WW1. He wrote an account (not very detailed) in 1973 which gives snippets of information and has inspired me to find out more. He was gassed in August 1918 and was given a medical discharge in October 1918.
Lt. Leonard Monteagle Barlow MC and 2 Bars.
Royal Flying Corps 56th Sqd.
from:Ben Varne, Wallington
(d.5th Feb 1918)
Leonard Barlow was commissioned into the RFC on his 18th Birthday. The eldest of six children he had been studying engineering at Finsbury Technical College and had gained a scholarship from the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
He went to France with 56th Sqd and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions on the first day of the Battle of Messines. At daybreak he had volunteered to fly alone, below 150 feet, 30 miles behind the German front line, to prevent enemy observation machines taking off from two airfield.
The first Bar to his MC was awarded when he was credited with his tenth enemy aircraft. The second Bar was awarded for his actions in rescuing a comrade who was facing great odds in an aerial combat. In total he was credited with destroying 17 enemy aircraft in combat.
Leonard returned to England to become a Scout Pilot Instructor and Test Pilot to an experimental station. He lost his life during a test flight near Ipswich, being killed instantaneously as his aircraft crashed from 150 feet when the engine failed. He was 19 years old and was laid to rest with full military honours at Bandon Hill.
Pte. Thomas Barlow
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Caversham, Reading
(d.5th Nov 1918)
Thomas Barlow was born in February 1887 in the small downland village of West Ilsley in rural Berkshire. His father was a shepherd and in the 1901 Census he was employed as a teamster on a farm. By then the family had moved to Cholsey.
Thomas signed up at Brock Barracks in Reading, for 9 years service in 1904 at the age of 18. He saw service in Ireland and India. He was placed on the Reserve in 1911. He married Edith Ellen Maskell in 1912 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Caversham and he found employment with Great Western Railway as a Lineman. They had two girls, Amy (1912) and Winifred (1916) before Britain declared war against Germany and Thomas returned to serve with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 5th of August 1914. He was wounded in May 1915 and returned home to recuperate. Whilst at home he was interviewed by the Berkshire Chronicle Newspaper of his account of service with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and it was published on 20th of August 1915.
Thomas starts by saying: "We embarked at Southampton on the afternoon of August 11th, and arrived at midnight at Le Havre, where we anchored until daylight. We then proceeded up the river to Rouen, where we disembarked and marched through Rouen to a camp just above the racecourse. We had a fine reception as we went through, as I believe we were the first English regiment to pass through this town. We stayed at this camp for two days, and then took a train to a place nearer the Belgian frontier. We marched from there to Venerolles, where we had ten days of good hard field training. We thought at the time we were being hard done by, but we found out afterwards that it came in very useful to us. After the ten days at Venerolles we marched nearer to the frontier to Landrecies, where we billeted in some French barracks for the night, continuing the march to the frontier next day, which was Saturday. Early on Sunday morning we had our first bit of excitement, as we were told we had to march to a place not mentioned, and hold it at all costs." He then describes his involvement in action at various places and the exemplary behaviour of an Officer of the Regiment. The Headings for each of these places, etc, is too much to give in this article, but the headings for each bit of action are as follows, The Battle of Mons; The Retreat From Mons; The Action at Maroilles; The Coolness of Major Finch; Recovering a Gun; The German Retreat; An Unfortunate Mistake; The Incident of Metz Valley; Fighting Near Ypres; The News of the Emden; A Gallant Party; Winter Hardships; Helping the 2nd Battalion.
The Article finishes with: "Shells were coming over amongst us very heavily, but our artillery were doing some marvelous work compared with the enemy. On the third day we were given our orders to get ready to make an advance. Whilst getting prepared for this I was hit by a splinter of a shell, and left for England after ten months of one of the worst wars in history."
Thomas was home in England from 19th of May 1915 until 3rd of July 1918. We have no details of his life in Caversham with his wife and family, but we do know that they had one more child, a son, Thomas Richard who was born in May 1918. Without him I would not be writing this story as he was my father who saw service with Royal Air Force in WW2. Back to Thomas (Senior) he was posted to France and was serving with the London Rifle Brigade when he contracted what became known as the Spanish Flu and died in Boulogne on 5th of November 1918, aged 31, just six days before the end of the Great War. He was subsequently buried at the British Military Cemetery at Terlincthun, Wimille, near Boulogne. He was awarded the 1914 Star, The British War medal and the Allied Victory medal, affectionately known as Pip, Squeak & Wilfred. He served with the 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment, Gloucestershire Regiment and 33rd London Regiment.
A/Capt Walter Robertson Barlow MID.
British Army 1/4th Btn. Essex Regiment
Lt. Wilfred Griffith Barlow
Australian Imperial Force 58th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.12 May 1917)
Wilfred Griffith Barlow was born at Richmond, Victoria, on 30 September 1886. He had been a second lieutenant in the 65th Infantry (City of Footscray) Regiment of the Citizens Forces, Australia's part-time army reserve force, and the 29-year-old school teacher enlisted as an officer with the Australian Imperial Force on 27 April 1916. Barlow departed Melbourne with reinforcements for the 58th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Shropshire on 25 September 1916.
After arriving in England in November 1916, Barlow and the other reinforcements spent the next few months in further training. In February the following year they joined the rest of the battalion on the Western Front and a few months later Barlow was promoted to the rank of honorary lieutenant. In several letters to a friend he made keen observations about the German army opposing them, commenting on their tactics, fortifications and organisation. Barlow also commented on the terrible conditions at the front, saying that he would fight again after the war to keep such a conflict away from Australia.
Barlow was killed during the Second Battle of Bullecourt on 12 May 1917 as the Australians and the British held off German attempts to retake the fortified village. According to the commanding officer of the 58th Battalion Barlow died after being badly wounded by a shell. He was originally buried near where he fell but the exact location of his grave was later lost. He was survived by his wife, Constance, and his four children. Wilfred Griffith Barlow is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France.
Pte. William H. Barlow
British Army 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:1 The Avenue, Helsby, Cheshire
(d.1st July 1916)
A story published in the Sunday Mirror on 11th May 20149 reports on William and how via letters home he persuaded his brother John to not follow in his footsteps, thus probably saving his life. Ironically his great grand nephew Jonny Clarke in 2014 was an actor in the UK and Ireland tour of the play "Birdsong", playing the part of a young soldier who dies on the first day of The Somme.
"These letters from the front at the height of the Great War were more than just friendly exchanges between a soldier and his brother back home. Despite the missives being heavily censored by the authorities, infantryman William Barlow managed to convey the horror of the trenches – and ultimately saved young John’s life when he enlisted at the tender age of 15. Hero William advised his younger brother to join the Royal Engineers “as there is more money and less work” than in infantry. And in April 1916, William wrote: “If I were you I would learn straight away now the Morse and Semaphore alphabets and attest in the Royal Engineers Signal Section which is better still for you. Then you will have a pretty soft time generally.” Less than two months later William was dead – one of 20,000 men slaughtered on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st. It was advice which John took on board when he lied about his age and signed up just a few months later. Although he witnessed some action, John worked mostly behind the front lines delivering post on a bike, and survived the war. Restricted by Government censors, William could only hint at how terrible life was in the trenches, but he was determined to spare his young brother the same ordeal.
Today William’s legacy is Ă‚Âremembered down the generations, Ă‚Âespecially by John’s great-great-grandson, the actor Jonny Clarke, who is best known for playing Bart McQueen in Ă‚ÂHollyoaks. Jonny knows he probably owes his very existence to his distant uncle William, an emotion he draws on in his latest role as Private Tipper in the stage version of Sebastian Faulks’ Ă‚ÂBirdsong, the best-selling book about life in the trenches. Like Jonny’s great-great-grandfather, Tipper lied about his age to join the war at 16. And like Jonny’s distant uncle, Tipper also dies on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, but at his own hand after choosing to shoot himself rather than face the horror of going over the top. Jonny, from Chester, said: “Had it not been for the letter sent by my great-great-uncle to his brother it is more than likely my great-great-grandfather would have been killed and his descendants, including myself, would never have been born. The letters have been handed down through the three generations and I’ll no doubt pass them on to my family. Playing Tipper has compounded how important my heritage is. In one scene Tipper writes home to his family and I can’t help but think of the letters William wrote home to his parents and brother.” Knowing his family background made Jonny want the role of Tipper even more. “When my agent told me about it I knew I needed to get the part,” he said. “Reading the letters from William helps me picture what life during the war was like and helps me visualise it for the role of Tipper.”
William Barlow joined the 8th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment on September 17, 1914, aged 25. At home he had been a draughtsman and was heavily involved with his community in Helsby, Cheshire, as a scoutmaster. Sleepy village life would have seemed a million miles away once William faced the trenches, where men were at the mercy of the weather, diseases like dysentery and for many the only barriers between life and death were sand bags and barbed wire. Allied and enemy lines could be as little as 50 feet apart and a near-miss from an artillery shell could destroy a trench or cause a dugout to collapse, burying those inside. In one letter to John, William tells how the enemy blew up a nearby mine, killing six men in a neighbouring battalion. He wrote: “We had a lot of excitement in the early hours of this morning at 2am. “Our company was holding that part of the line which is only a few yards from the Germans. It is a maze of trenches, craters, and piles of sandbags and a horrible place to get through in the dark. “On this our extreme left where our batt (battalion) joins the next, the Germans blew up a mine. “About six men in the next batt were buried and killed, one or two wounded and about 8 engineers were buried... and killed or suffocated.” Despite the sense of fear, William often displays the black humour common among soldiers facing their own mortality. In the last letter home to his parents, William and Annie, in May 1916 he tells how his unit caused “mischief” for a pal’s battalion.He wrote: “That Battalion are a very quiet peaceful lot and in the winter their opponents were the same. “When we took over from them and our sentries and our gunmen (started) hitting at them and making the beggars sit up and take notice – they were horrified at the idea of shooting the poor harmless Boche, and now the Boche has vented their fury on them instead of ourselves who were the cause of the mischief. This is only one of the many funny things we see in this job.”
William, who concludes every letter to John with the words “your affectionate brother Bill”, also gives a glimpse into the lives of ordinary French civilians on the fringes of the battle. In a long letter in October 1915, he wrote to say he was billeted near a town he was not allowed to name. Records show his battalion was based near the city of Amiens. Describing how he and fellow soldiers refused to sleep on old hay in case it was live (with lice) he described his lodgings as “the most comfortable yet”, revealing how simply being dry and warm was a luxury in comparison to the trenches. William told how the nearby French town was devastated when it was bombed by the Germans, then suffered at the hands of the advancing enemy. These letters from the front at the height of the Great War were more than just friendly exchanges between a soldier and his brother back home. Despite the missives being heavily censored by the authorities, infantryman William Barlow managed to convey the horror of the trenches – and ultimately saved young John’s life when he enlisted at the tender age of 15. Hero William advised his younger brother to join the Royal Engineers “as there is more money and less work” than in infantry. And in April 1916, William wrote: “If I were you I would learn straight away now the Morse and Semaphore alphabets and attest in the Royal Engineers Signal Section which is better still for you. Then you will have a pretty soft time generally.” Less than two months later William was dead – one of 20,000 men slaughtered on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st. It was advice which John took on board when he lied about his age and signed up just a few months later. Although he witnessed some action, John worked mostly behind the front lines delivering post on a bike, and survived the war. Restricted by Government censors, William could only hint at how terrible life was in the trenches, but he was determined to spare his young brother the same ordeal. Today William’s legacy is Ă‚Âremembered down the generations, Ă‚Âespecially by John’s great-great-grandson, the actor Jonny Clarke, who is best known for playing Bart McQueen in Ă‚ÂHollyoaks. Jonny knows he probably owes his very existence to his distant uncle William, an emotion he draws on in his latest role as Private Tipper in the stage version of Sebastian Faulks’ Ă‚ÂBirdsong, the best-selling book about life in the trenches. Like Jonny’s great-great-grandfather, Tipper lied about his age to join the war at 16. And like Jonny’s distant uncle, Tipper also dies on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, but at his own hand after choosing to shoot himself rather than face the horror of “going over the top”. Jonny, from Chester, said: “Had it not been for the letter sent by my great-great-uncle to his brother it is more than likely my great-great-grandfather would have been killed and his descendants, including myself, would never have been born. “The letters have been handed down through the three generations and I’ll no doubt pass them on to my family. “Playing Tipper has compounded how important my heritage is. In one scene Tipper writes home to his family and I can’t help but think of the letters William wrote home to his parents and brother.” Knowing his family background made Jonny want the role of Tipper even more. “When my agent told me about it I knew I needed to get the part,” he said. “Reading the letters from William helps me picture what life during the war was like and helps me visualise it for the role of Tipper.”
William Barlow joined the 8th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment on September 17, 1914, aged 25. At home he had been a draughtsman and was heavily involved with his community in Helsby, Cheshire, as a scoutmaster. Sleepy village life would have seemed a million miles away once William faced the trenches, where men were at the mercy of the weather, diseases like dysentery and for many the only barriers between life and death were sand bags and barbed wire. Allied and enemy lines could be as little as 50 feet apart and a near-miss from an artillery shell could destroy a trench or cause a dugout to collapse, burying those inside. In one letter to John, William tells how the enemy blew up a nearby mine, killing six men in a neighbouring battalion.
He wrote: “We had a lot of excitement in the early hours of this morning at 2am. “Our company was holding that part of the line which is only a few yards from the Germans. It is a maze of trenches, craters, and piles of sandbags and a horrible place to get through in the dark. “On this our extreme left where our batt (battalion) joins the next, the Germans blew up a mine. “About six men in the next batt were buried and killed, one or two wounded and about 8 engineers were buried... and killed or suffocated.” Despite the sense of fear, William often displays the black humour common among soldiers facing their own mortality. In the last letter home to his parents, William and Annie, in May 1916 he tells how his unit caused “mischief” for a pal’s battalion.He wrote: “That Battalion are a very quiet peaceful lot and in the winter their opponents were the same. “When we took over from them and our sentries and our gunmen (started) hitting at them and making the beggars sit up and take notice – they were horrified at the idea of shooting the poor harmless Boche, and now the Boche has vented their fury on them instead of ourselves who were the cause of the mischief. This is only one of the many funny things we see in this job.”
William, who concludes every letter to John with the words “your affectionate brother Bill”, also gives a glimpse into the lives of ordinary French civilians on the fringes of the battle. In a long letter in October 1915, he wrote to say he was billeted near a town he was not allowed to name. Records show his battalion was based near the city of Amiens. Describing how he and fellow soldiers refused to sleep on old hay in case it was “live” (with lice) he described his lodgings as “the most comfortable yet”, revealing how simply being dry and warm was a luxury in comparison to the trenches. William told how the nearby French town was devastated when it was bombed by the Germans, then suffered at the hands of the advancing enemy.
He wrote: “This was before the war a prosperous manufacturing town and there are many workshops in it, mostly in ruins. There is a motor mechanic who speaks English a little... he told some of our chaps his experiences at the beginning of the war. “He said that during a lull in the firing he got out and walked about the town without seeing a soul and the sight was awful for sides of houses were blown clean away, showing all the furniture and the poor beggars who had been sent to their doom before they could get out.” The same letter discusses a scandal which would eventually lead to the downfall of the Asquith Government. The Shell Crisis of 1915 highlighted a shortage of munitions on the front line and the scandal of competing firms who were producing dud shells. William begged John to make sure he did a good job if he was ever employed at a local ammunition works. “Make them (the shells) good and accurate so that they will burst properly,” he wrote. “The duds make a bad impression on the Boches and often give them the range of our guns. Besides which it is only by a few well placed shells that we can stop them sending bombs.” William was shot in the head after crossing the second line of the German trenches. He was buried on the battlefield and is Ă‚Âremembered at the Thiepval Memorial, alongside the other soldiers of the Battle of the Somme. Distant nephew Jonny said: “It’s Ă‚Âimportant we always remember the sacrifice.”
William joined the 8th Battalion from Norfolk where he worked as a draughtsman, although he was originally from Helsby in Cheshire. There is a collection of his letters home describing conditions in training and at the front. He died from a bullet to the head as he went over the top on the first day of The Somme on 1st July 1916. His grave is unknown.
The Illustrated War News no 39 of 6th May 1915 includes a number of photographs of the 8th Norfolk in training near Ipswich. William is in one of these.
Cpl. Wilson Barlow
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Winsford, Cheshire
(d.12th Jul 1916)
Capt. Walter Robertson Barlow. MID.
British Army 1/4th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Chandlers, Nayland, Suffolk.
(d. )
Walter Barlow was born approx 1881. It is recorded in the London Gazette 6th Nov 1914, that he was Commissioned into 4th Battalion, Essex Regt. London Gazette 1st Jan 1915, To be Capt.(temp) 17 Dec 1914. Army List 1916, states 2Lt Temp Capt 17 Dec 1914. Essex Newsman,30 Jan 1915, witness to shooting, he is Capt. E Coy 1/4th Essex Regiment. London Gazette 13 Aug 1915, seconded on duty with 65th Provisional Btn, 15 Aug 1915. London Gazette 28 Aug 1917, 4th Btn Essex Regt, 2Lt (Temp Capt) W.R. Barlow to be Lt (Temp Capt) as from 1st Jun 1916. MIC states 1/4th Bn Essex Regt, Theatre of War first served in E.E.F. date 18th May 1918. London Gazette 5 Feb 1919, 4th Bn Essex Regt, Lt W.R. Barlow to be acting Capt whilst Commanding A Coy, 12th Sept 1918. London Gazette 19 Mar 1919, 4th Bn Essex Regt, Lt (acting Capt) W.R. Barlow to be Capt, 13th Oct 1918.
London Gazette 12 Jan 1920, Mentioned in General Sir E. H. H. Allenby’s Despatches, 5th Mar 1919, for distinguished and gallant service whilst serving with the Essex Regiment, Egyptian Expeditionary Force. When applying for medals, his address was 2 Chesterfield Rd, Cheswick, London, W4. London Gazette 13th Dec 1920, under heading Territorial Force Reserve, Infantry, Capt W.R. Barlow from 4th Bn Essex Regt, to be Capt. 14th Dec 1920. 1920 Electoral roll, 3 Chesterfield Rd, Chiswick with Edith Mary Barlow. 1928 By himself. Numerous London Gazette dates for his being a Liquidator. London Gazette 3rd Mar 1931, 4th Btn Essex Regt, Capt W.R. Barlow having attained the age limit relinquishes his command and retains his rank, 4th Mar 1931.
1941 Home Guard List, London District, 51st Surrey (Malden) Btn, 2Lt Barlow, W.R., 1st Feb 1941. London Gazette 1st Jan 1943, awarded MBE as a Major.
Pte. Felix Reuben Barltrop
British Army 12th Btn. No 1 Coy. Royal Fusiliers
from:Percy Villa, Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, Middx
(d.27 Nov 1916)
Felix Reuben Barltrop was killed in action on the 27th of November 1916. Son of Rueben and Ann Barltrop of Thaxted, Essex; husband of Mary Barltrop (Hobbs). He is buried at Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
Gnr. David Barmes
Australian Imperial Force 41st Bty. Australian Field Artillery
from:Sapphire Town, Queenstown
(d.6th June 1917)
David Barmes was my great, great uncle. I know only what I have gleaned from service records. He enlisted in October 1914 and was posted to Egypt and then France. David died of wounds on 6th June 1917 in the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station. He had 3 brothers serving in the B.E.F. and one in the AIF.
Cpl. Bertie Barnard
British Army 1st Btn. Essex Regiment
(d.14th Apr 1917)
Corporal Bertie Barnard, of the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment was aged 32 when he died. I am his grandson looking for his memorial in the UK.
Editor's note: Your grandfather is commemorated on the Attleborough War Memorial. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Pte. John Barnard
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Stockton on Tees
(d.10th Aug 1916)
John Barnard was born in 1893 in Stockton to Mathew and Margaret Barnard. On the 1901 Census he is living at 59 Hampton Road,Stockton with his parents and sisters Ann, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and Winnie. After leaving school he worked as a Grocer's Apprentice before enlisting in 1915 into the 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry,service number 18/11. He died of wounds received on 10th of August 1916 at Serre during the Battle of the Somme and was buried in Oxbridge Lane Cemetery, Stockton.
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