223548 L/Cpl. John Francis Barrett British Army 11th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers from:Newry, Co. Down (d.22nd Oct 1944) John Francis Barrett was born in Oldham Lancashire in 1916. He had a twin, Thomas and an elder brother called William who was born in 1914. Their mother was Ellen Barrett, born in 1894 in Salford, who married William Gillespie in Liverpool in 1937. Ellen was my great grand aunt, her father William Barrett was born in 1850 in Manchester. He was my second great grandfather. John Francis Barrett was killed in action on 22nd of October 1944 aged 28 years old. He is remembered with honour at Geel War Cemetary in Belguim. His mother Ellen worked in a hospital in Liverpool during the war. She had lost two brothers John and Thomas in the First World War, they had both been killed in action - John in France in 1917 aged 28, and Thomas in Greece in 1916 aged 25 years. History had repeated itself.
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