of the late Ven. Edward Barber, Archdeacon of Chester, and Canon of
the Cathedral, and Rector of St. Bridget with St. Martin’s, Chester,
by his wife, Edith Sarah (St. Bridget’s, Hall Place Gardens, St.
Albans), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Evetts, Hon. Canon of Christchurch,
Oxford, and Rector of Monk’s Risboro’, Bucks; _b._ Radley
Vicarage, Abingdon, co. Berks., 18 Oct. 1876; educ. New Brighton (Miss
Staley’s), Rossall and Greenwich, where he gained the Sword of Honour,
being gazetted to the R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1895, and promoted Lieut. 1
July, 1896, Capt. 27 May, 1901, and Major 11 April, 1915. In his
examination for company officer he received special certificates with
distinction in fortification and topography. He was appointed to the
Naval Intelligence Department 1 Aug. 1906, and Intelligence Officer
at Gibraltar in Aug. 1910. He also qualified as a first-class gunnery
officer. He joined the Goliath 2 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship
went down on 13 May, 1915. A fellow officer wrote: “I worked a great
deal with your husband in the Goliath. He and I were together in the
control top all day long during the majority of days in action since
we came to the Dardanelles. I have made careful inquiries concerning
your husband’s actions on the night of the accident, and there appears
no doubt that he went from his cabin straight on to the marines’ mess
deck and endeavoured to save the lives of his men by calling to them
to keep quiet and not panic, and not to scramble for the ladder. He
then, according to Sergt. Thorne, went still further along the mess
deck. I imagine he was going to X3 casemate to try and get his men out.
Anyhow he must have known by the heel the ship had on that he was
going away from his own personal chance of safety. I heard yesterday
when in London from the Capt. of Marines there that on the day of the
accident or the day following your husband had received his promotion,
and that Gen. Paris, in command of the Naval Brigade, has specially
asked for him. I think it is to your husband that we all owe our
escape from several sure disasters when on the East African coast. I
have such a deep and lasting admiration for your husband, as we all
had in the Goliath, and he was a real good friend to me. It was only
the day before the loss of the Goliath that your husband went ashore
into the French trenches on the right flank to confer with the officer
in command concerning the position of some enemy snipers that were
worrying them. He went there at considerable risk to his own life, but
someone had to go, so he went without any hesitation, and ascertained
what was wanted. This great war is taking its hourly toll of brave
men, and your husband was one of the best, and he had done his share
and more than his share for the country ere he too was called.” Major
Barber _m._ in Spain, 5 March, 1912, Satunina Josepha, dau. of
Manuel Morales; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Cyril Frederic Barber.=]
=BARBER, JAMES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 183362, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARBER, ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4186A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARCLAY, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 158, 1st Battn. 1st Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Alexander Barclay, of 38,
Braemar Place, Aberdeen, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Davidson,
M.A.; _b._ Aberdeen, 13 Feb. 1895; educ. Ashley Public School.
He went to Australia in May, 1914, having previously served nearly
four years in the Royal Engineers (T.F.), and at the outbreak of war
volunteered, joined the Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in
action at Gabe Tepe, 29 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, ALLEN=, 2nd Lieut., 170th Coy. R.E., eldest _s._
of Henry James Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, by his wife,
Mary Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary,
Board of Trade; _b._ Penge, S.E., 17 Feb. 1887; educ. The Hall,
Sydenham, Dulwich College and Birmingham University. On leaving
Dulwich the master wrote: “He is a sound chemist. He works well and
systematically; his conduct and industry have always been excellent.”
He matriculated at Birmingham in 1905, and took the B.Sc. degree three
years later, studying geology, on which he was particularly keen, under
Prof. Lapworth. On going down from the University, “to which he has
been a credit,” wrote Prof. Redmayne, he was granted a Post-Graduate
scholarship, and went out to the Transvaal, where he spent three years
as sampler, assistant surveyor and head surveyor to the Consolidated
Langlaagte and the new Primrose Gold Mines, doing his work throughout
in that thorough manner which was characteristic of his labours. “He
has carried out his onerous and responsible duties in a manner very
satisfactory to his employers, as well as to the Government Mines
Department. Mr. Barclay is a man of high integrity, and is thoroughly
capable and experienced. He is leaving at his own request in order to
extend his mining experience beyond South Africa,” wrote the manager in
1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak
of war he applied as an old member of the O.T.C. for a commission, and
while waiting for this enlisted in the Royal Engineers. He was soon
promoted, quickly becoming L.-Corpl., Corpl. and Sergt. On 16 Nov.
1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and at the request of his commanding
officer was appointed to the regt. in which he was serving. From this
he was transferred to the Mining Corps on its formation in Feb. 1915,
as an expert. Lieut. Barclay was killed by the exploding of a mine on
24 April, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. Preedy, in
announcing his death, wrote as follows: “At the time of his death he
was working underground with some of his men. The Germans exploded a
mine, killing him and one of his N.C.Os. instantaneously. His men were
very anxious to extricate his body to bury him, but having inspected
the spot I was reluctantly compelled to forbid them to do so, as it
would not have been possible without a very grave risk of losing
further lives in the attempt. His body lies buried under about 15 feet
of earth half-way between our trenches and the German trenches in the
orchard just east of Givenchy.” Canon King, who had known him all his
life, wrote: “A more unsullied boy I never came across, and though so
retiring and humble, he had, and must have known he had, great gifts.”
[Illustration: =Allen Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, KENNETH=, Private, No. 1547, G Coy., 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Henry James
Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, S.E., by his wife, Mary
Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary, Board of
Trade; _b._ Sydenham, 31 Dec. 1892; educ. The Hall, Sydenham, and
Dulwich College; joined the London Scottish, May, 1911; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war, took part in the charge
at Messines and the first battles of Ypres, and was killed in action,
12 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His colonel, writing, says: “No commanding
officer could have had under his command a braver or more gallant
soldier.” The bell of St. Philip’s Church, Sydenham, suitably
inscribed, commemorates him, and a beautiful memorial in bronze and
hammered ironwork was placed in the chancel of that church, where for
years he sang in the choir. His elder brother, Lieut. Allen Barclay,
was killed in action, 24 April, 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Kenneth Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, RAFE HEDWORTH MYDDELTON=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Hedworth Trelawny Barclay, Major 2/1
Leicestershire Yeomanry, formerly member of the Jockey Club and Clerk
of the Course at Hurst Park [a cadet of Barclay of Urie], by his
wife, Agnes Mary, yr. dau. of Richard Myddelton, of Chirk Castle,
co. Denbigh; _b._ 31, Lennox Gardens, London. S.W., 14 Nov.
1892; educ. Rugby and Army College, Aldershot; joined the 3rd Battn.
Wiltshire Regt. 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. He was
gazetted to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 10 June, 1914, accompanied
the first Expeditionary Force to France, went through the retreat from
Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept.
1914, having previously been reported missing; _unm._
=BARDEN, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5332), S.S.
100101, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARDSLEY, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3163), S.S.
100826, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARKER, CECIL MASSY ARBUTHNOT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn.
Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, 3rd and yst. _s._ of
Samuel Lindsey-Bucknal Barker, of Belfast and Dublin, by his wife,
Catherine Maude, dau. of the Rev. Moses Leatham, Rector of Langfield;
_b._ Belfast, 21 Sept. 1895; educ. Campbell College, Belfast, and
Trinity College, Dublin; a candidate for Holy Orders, he was gazetted
from Dublin University O.T.C. to be 2nd Lieut. 6th Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, 22 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles,
and was killed in action “when bravely leading his men in a splendid
attack on a difficult position” at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, 10 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ His brother, the Rev. E. L. B. Barker, is now (1916)
serving as Chaplain to the Ulster Division.
[Illustration: =Cecil Massy Arbuthnot Barker.=]
=BARKER, ERNEST=, Leading Seaman, Collingwood Battn., Tyneside,
6/213, R.N.D., R.N.V.R., 2nd _s._ of John Barker, Lifton House,
Newcastle, Assistant General Secretary of the Boilermakers’ Society
and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders’ Society, a member of the Newcastle
City Council, by his wife, Laura Jane, dau. of John Leeson, of Crewe,
Chester; _b._ Horwich, near Bolton, Lancs., 13 May, 1895; educ.
Council schools, Bolton and Newcastle; joined the Tyneside Naval
Volunteers, Jan. 1914; killed in action in the Dardanelles, 4 June,
1915; _unm._ Seaman Barker was formerly in the employment of
Messrs. R. Robinson & Co., Ltd., wholesale stationers, Clavering Place,
Newcastle. His elder brother is now (1916) serving in France with the
19th (Commercial Battn.) Northumberland Fusiliers.
=BARKER, GODFREY=, Major, Royal Marine L.I., Drake Battn., R.N.D.,
4th _s._ of Col. Sir Francis Barker, of Essex Lodge, Folkestone,
late R.A., by his wife, Jessie, only child of the late John Foster;
_b._ Malta, 13 Jan. 1883; educ. King Edward’s School, Birmingham,
privately, and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
R.M.L.I., 1 Sept. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1902, and Capt.
1 Sept. 1912. He served successively on board H.M.S. Firequeen,
Magnificent, Exmouth, Victory, Europa, Powerful, Eclipse, Terrible,
Hampshire, Prince George, Royal Arthur, and Prince of Wales, and
received excellent certificates from his commanding officers. He had
qualified as an instructor in physical training. At the outbreak of the
war he was appointed Major and Adjutant of the Drake Battn., R.N.D.,
and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._
=BARKER, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4600), S.S. 1379, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BARKER, NOAH=, Private, No. 4467, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
yst. _s._ of the late William Barker, by his wife, Elizabeth;
_b._ Ketley Sands, Wellington, co. Salop, 22 July, 1881;
educ. Board School there; enlisted 21 Nov. 1901; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914, and
_d._ at Rentel, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. He
_m._ at Denaby, near Rotherham, Yorks, 12 Nov. 1905, Rose (10,
Albert Street, South Kirkby, near Wakefield), dau. of Samuel Alfred
Hodgetts, and had a dau.: Edith Florence, _b._ 13 Feb. 1906.
[Illustration: =Noah Barker.=]
=BARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7987), S.S.
102800, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BARKS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7281, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only child of Abraham Barks, Wales Bar, co. York, by his wife, Emily;
_b._ Clowne, co. Derby, 7 July, 1888; educ. Wales School, Wales
Bar, Yorks; enlisted 3 June, 1907, and was killed in action at the
Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Hampstead, 27
Sept. 1913, Elizabeth Florence (48, Junction Road, Highgate, N.), dau.
of Thomas Rumble, and had a posthumous child: Kathleen Elizabeth,
_b._ 24 Sept. 1914. Two of his brothers-in-law, Private Charles
Rumble and Gunner Fred Rumble, were killed in action.
=BARKS, ISAAC=, Private, No. 14293, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Isaac Barks, of 91, Pembroke Road, New Southport; served
with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Kemmel, 28 Dec. 1914.
=BARLEY, JOHN=, Private, No. 8147, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
_s._ of Thomas Barley, of Broughton, Miner, by his wife, Sarah
Ann, dau. of Robert Sharp, of Broughton; _b._ Broughton, 6 April,
1876; educ. there; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt., 24 Nov. 1893;
served nine years in the Regulars and three in the Reserve, and saw
service in Khartoum and Atbara (medal with two bars), South Africa
(medal), and Soudan (medal with two bars). On mobilisation he was
called up, served in France and Flanders, and was wounded in Nov. 1914;
afterwards went back to the front, and _d._ of wounds received in
action at Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915. Private Barley _m._ at Leeds, 21
April, 1905, Elizabeth Ann (7, New Broughton, near Brigg, Lincoln),
dau. of William Hyke, and had one son and five daus.; Thomas William
_b._ 3 Oct. 1905; Gladys Gwendolen, _b._ 21 Dec. 1906; Evylyn
Kitty, _b._ 16 Oct. 1908; Nancy, _b._ 19 July, 1910; Amy
Winifred, _b._ 10 Aug. 1912; and Joyce Attra, _b._ 14 July,
1914.
[Illustration: =John Barley.=]
=BARLING, HENRY WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 281047, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARLING, WILLIAM BINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., only _s._ of William Barling, of The Paddocks,
Newnham-on-Severn, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of Seymour Bingham;
_b._ at Newnham, co. Gloucester, 1892; educ. Beresford House,
Gloucester; The Priory, Great Malvern; and Dean’s Close, Cheltenham,
and on leaving the latter became a student at Wye College; was elected
to a Fellowship of the Surveyor’s Institute, and became a member of the
Inland Revenue Valuation Department at Gloucester, a post he held for
three years. On the declaration of war he enlisted as a Private in the
5th Battn. of the Gloucesters about 12 Aug.; received his commission as
2nd Lieut. in the 6th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 2 Dec. 1914, and was
put on the Officers’ Reserve. He went to France on 19 Feb., and reached
the firing line on 23 Feb., where he was attached to the 3rd Battn.
of the regt. A wire from the War Office came on 16 March “reported
missing, believed killed,” and the last authoritative information
concerning his death was contained in a letter from his Colonel. The
letter said when last seen Lieut. Barling was very bravely leading his
platoon in a determined assault against an enemy’s trench, and was
believed to be killed. A corpl. concerned in this particular advance
reported he stumbled over an officer whom he believed to be Lieut.
Barling. The trench, which a very few men succeeded in reaching, had to
be evacuated at nightfall, and is still (1916) in the enemy’s hands. He
was _unm._
[Illustration: =William Bingham Barling.=]
=BARLOW, CHARLES ERNEST=, Corpl. No. 964, 2nd Home Counties (T.F.)
R.E., only _s._ of the late Joshua Barlow, by his wife, Maria,
dau. of William Cann; _b._ Soho, London, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. St.
Anne’s School there; was a chauffeur; enlisted Oct. 1914; went to the
Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and died 30 June, 1915, of wounds received in
action in France. He _m._ at Walthamstow, Essex, 18 Jan. 1914,
Lilian (6, Church Street, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of John Todd,
and had issue a dau., Marie Lilian, _b._ 31 Jan. 1915.
=BARLOW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9666),
S.S. 107176, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BARLOW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11741, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATT-BARLOW, BERNHARD ALEXANDER=, Commander R.N., elder
_s._ of Charles James Pratt-Barlow, of Roxby, The Hoe, Plymouth,
by his wife, Rosa Caroline, yr. dau. of the late William Gladstone,
D.L., J.P., of 58, Queen’s Gate, London, S.W.; _b._ St. George’s
Road, London, S.W., 10 Sept. 1874; educ. Brighton (Mr. W. R. Lee, of
Norfolk Terrace), and Royal Naval College, Gosport; joined H.M.S.
Britannia as a Naval Cadet in Jan. 1889, being rated midshipman three
years later. He was promoted Sub-Lieut. 31 May, 1896, Lieut. 31 Aug.
1897, and Commander 31 Dec. 1908. As a naval cadet he served in the
Trafalgar, flagship of Rear-Admirals Lord Walter Kerr, A. H. Markham,
and C. G. Domvile, on the Mediterranean Station, July, 1891; the
Warspite, flagship of Rear-Admiral Drummond, commanding “D” Fleet in
the Naval Manœuvres of July, 1894; and the Active, flying the broad
pennant of Commodore R. H. Harris, in the Training Squadron, Sept.
1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad
pennant of Commodore G. L. Atkinson from May, 1896, to June, 1897,
when he was appointed to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, in which
he was present at the Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead the same
month. At the end of August following he was promoted to Lieut. and
appointed to the Majestic, flagship of Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson
in the Channel Squadron--the flag Capt. being Admiral Prince Louis of
Battenberg, G.C.B. He was flag Lieut. to Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont
on the Pacific station, March, 1899, and on the Australian station
to January, 1903. He commanded the destroyers Sturgeon, Contest and
Osprey, all at Devonport, and in June, 1903, was appointed 1st Lieut.
of H.M.S. Antrim. He was 1st Lieut. at the R.N. Barracks, Devonport,
from July, 1907, to the end of 1908, when he was advanced to Commander.
In that rank he commanded the destroyers Kale and Rattlesnake, both in
the second Destroyer Flotilla, and was commander of H.M.S. Irresistible
and of H.M.S. Centurion. He commanded H.M.S. Hawke in the Training
Squadron at Queenstown from Jan. 1914, until she was commissioned for
war service. Commander Pratt-Barlow lost his life in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1915, when H.M.S. Hawke was torpedoed by a German submarine. After
the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke, Capt. Charles J. Wintour, of H.M.S. Swift,
wrote the following letter: “I was instrumental in picking up the
survivors of the Hawke from the rafts, and I took them in the Swift to
harbour. I at once asked one of the survivors as to the commander, and
he told me that he had been on his (the survivor’s) raft, and seeing
that there were too many men on the raft said: ‘There are too many men
on the raft, I will swim to another.’ He was never seen again, but his
self-sacrificing action was undoubtedly the means of saving others. I
would like you to know how deeply I grieve at his loss, and also that
you should know that his very last act was one of unselfish bravery.”
He _m._ at Canon Ffrome, co. Hereford, 17 June, 1903, Dorothy
Nesta, yr. dau. of the late Walter Baskerville, D.L., J.P., of Clyro
Court, co. Radnor, and left a dau., Mary Pamela, _b._ 17 June,
1905.
[Illustration: =B. A. Pratt-Barlow, R.N.=]
=BARNARD, PHILIP=, Seaman, R.N.R. 35140, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARD, REUBEN GEORGE=, Ship’s Steward, 341409, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287572, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARDIER, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1768), Ch.
14072, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNDEN, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7435),
S.S. 102658, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=BARNES, ARTHUR=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, M. 6714 (Devon.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6462, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Alfred Barnes of 59, Hervey Park Road,
Walthamstow; _b._ co. Essex; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; _d._ 1 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in
action; _unm._
=BARNES, CHARLES=, Plumber, 346127, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, No. 2187, 10th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.); _d._ in India 1 Sept., 1914, while on active service.
=BARNES, DOUGLAS MESTON=, Flight-Lieut., Royal Naval Air Service,
_s._ of George Frederick Barnes, of Tulse Hill Park, A.S.I.,
by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Clapham, co. Surrey, 19 June,
1887; educ. Broomwood College there and privately. On completing his
education, Lieut. Barnes entered the engineering profession, and was
particularly interested in marine engineering and aircraft. He attained
the position of manager of Smokeless Appliances, Ltd., an advisory and
manufacturing company, of Victoria Street, Westminster. He resigned
this on the outbreak of the war, and offered his services to the War
Office and Admiralty. He received his commission as Flight Sub-Lieut.
in the Naval Air Service, and was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke on 12
Oct. 1914, was transferred to Hendon Flying Station in Nov. and gained
his Pilot’s Certificate in Dec. Early in 1915 he was appointed to the
staff and placed in charge of the mechanics at the station. Later on he
was gazetted Flight-Lieut., and was promoted to the command at Hendon.
At the time of his death he was designated to the command of the more
important station at ..., and was about to take up his duties there. On
the night of the first air raid on London, 31 May-1 June, Lieut. Barnes
received warning of the approach of the Zeppelins at 11.30 p.m., and
at once went out on a large Sopworth biplane. He sighted a Zeppelin
at ..., and chased it for many miles in various directions ..., but
finally lost it, and met his death at 2.30 a.m. in endeavouring to land
in darkness and mist. The subjoined official account, furnished by the
Admiralty, gives further particulars of Lieut. Barnes’ exploit: “This
officer lost his life in a very gallant attempt to destroy a Zeppelin
which was attacking London on the night of 31 May, and if only weather
conditions had been a little more favourable it is likely that the
result would have been quite as successful as in the case of Flight
Sub-Lieut. Warneford’s complete destruction of a Zeppelin in the air
in Flanders. The ascent was made in the dark, and it is probable that
after chasing the Zeppelin he missed her owing to the hazy weather, and
then found it necessary to land in order to find his position, and in
doing so found himself surrounded by low-lying fog, entirely obscuring
the ground. After a careful inspection it was found that the machine
struck the ground at an abnormally high speed, bounced twice, and then
turned over on its back completely, and there seems to be no doubt
that Lieut. Barnes was killed outright.... It is felt that the highest
praise is due to these officers who, in defence of their country,
cheerfully carry out such hazardous flights at night under extremely
dangerous conditions. (Signed) MURRAY F. SUETER, Commodore,
R.N.” He was buried in Nunhead cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Douglas Meston Barnes.=]
=BARNES, EDWARD ERNEST=, Sergt., No. 65046, 24th Battn. (Victoria
Rifles of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Frederick Barnes, of 21, Lasalle Street, Lachine, P.Q., Canada, by
his wife, Jennie, dau. of William Sheppard, of Ipswich; _b._
Faversham, co. Kent, 18 July, 1892; educ. Davington School; went to
Canada on 30 May, 1912, was employed at National Brick Co., Delson,
Quebec; volunteered for Imperial service, and enlisted in Jan. 1915;
left for England with the Second Contingent; went to France, 12 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action in Belgium, 18 Nov. 1915. He _m._
at St. Columbia Church, Montreal West, 1 April, 1915, Minnie Victoria
(103, Effra Road, Haydon’s Road, Wimbledon), dau. of Frederick
Grumbridge, of Wandsworth, ex-Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police;
_s.p._
=BARNES, FREDERICK=, S.P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4240), 167803,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._