Platoon, 10th Battn., 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of Frederick Barnes, of Alexandra College, Shirley,
Southampton, Officer in Mercantile Marine, by his wife, Amy Maude,
dau. of William Francis Mayass; _b._ Alexandra College, Shirley,
Southampton, 30 May, 1894; educ. Taunton School, Somerset; and was in
the Canadian Bank of Commerce, first at Calgary and then at Youngstown,
Alberta. He volunteered for Imperial service directly war was declared,
came over to England with the first contingent, and after training on
Salisbury Plain during the winter, left for the front on 10 Feb. He
took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and in the second Battle of
Ypres, at the latter of which the 10th Battn. distinguished itself
by recovering the wood of St. Julien, losing three-fourths of its
strength and nearly every officer. At Festubert, on 22 May, 1915, the
10th Battn. recovered some trenches from the Germans, and while they
were being made habitable, Barnes was struck by a shell and killed
instantly. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a good soldier and a
brave man.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Francis Barnes.=]
=BARNES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9548, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt.; _s._ of Edmund Barnes, of 75, Gibbon Road, Peckham; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 25 May, 1915.
=BARNES, HERBERT PLUME=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9615), S.S.
106968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BARNES, JOHN=, Private, No. 10159, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Carlisle; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; served with Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; reported missing 25 Jan. 1915.
=BARNES, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 967), Ch.
7252, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, PHILIP CHARLES=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2874,
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Barnes, of 48, Iffley Road, Oxford;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARNES, SYDNEY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24950, H.M.S. Arethusa;
killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BARNES, THOMAS=, Blacksmith, 344039, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3907), 168377, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4580),
192725, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARNETT, JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(T.F.), only child of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Barnett, of Hafton, Kilmarnock,
co. Ayr, V.D., commanding 2/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), by his
wife, Nellie, dau. of Hugh Barnett; _b._ Kilmarnock, 7 March,
1895; educ. Kilmarnock Academy, Irvine Royal Academy, and Glasgow
University, where he distinguished himself as a prizeman in Logic,
Latin, English and Political Economy, and was Secretary of the
University Dialectic Society. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. of
the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 14 Aug. 1913. On the outbreak of war the
entire battn. volunteered for foreign service, and proceeded to the
Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915. Lieut. Barnett fell while leading the
charge in the battle of 12 July, 1915, at the head of his men and just
as they reached the Turkish trenches. He was buried along with another
officer near the spot where he fell. A cross bearing his name marks the
spot. Lieut. Barnett, prior to joining his battn., acted as Lieut. and
afterwards as Capt. of the Irvine Royal Academy Cadet Corps. He also
was the first Boy Scout to be enrolled in Ayrshire, and was the patrol
leader of the 1st Ayrshire Troop. His commanding officer wrote: “He was
a brave lad throughout it all, and that was not the only instance. He
showed himself on previous occasions full of bravery and determination
and a true British officer, and we have lost one we can ill afford. I
have had occasion to notice and admire his bravery since we came out
here, but especially on the morning when Capt. L.... was killed. I
had a very urgent and important message to send through and across a
part that meant danger. He immediately volunteered when I asked for
volunteers, and did the work splendidly. Throughout the whole time
here, and on many trying occasions, he showed the true British blood
of a brave and true soldier boy.” The Brig.-Gen. of the Brigade also
wrote: “All who knew your son were unanimous in their praise of his
devotion to duty and fearlessness. The regt. has lost a most valuable
young officer, and one who will not be easily replaced.”
[Illustration: =James Barnett.=]
=BARNETT, KNIGHT=, L.-Corpl., No. 184, A Coy., 1st Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Arthur Nelson Barnett, of
Sydney, N.S.W., Stipendiary Magistrate, by his wife, Ada Hargrave,
dau. of Henry Breton, M.D.; _b._ Wentworth, N.S.W., 30 Dec. 1888;
educ. Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney; was a surveyor,
but on the outbreak of war volunteered, and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, leaving with the first contingent. He was wounded
at the first landing of the Australians at Gallipoli on Sunday, 25
April, 1915, and was sent into hospital in Egypt. After convalescence
he returned to the Dardanelles in time to take part in the charge at
Lone Pine on 6 Aug., and was killed on that day while on observation
duty in the first line of Turkish trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Knight Barnett.=]
=BARNETT, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14739, 4th Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Isaac Barnett, of 8, Cradock Street, Loughborough
(_d._ 12 Oct. 1915), by his wife, Sarah (_d._ 26 March,
1911), dau. of Samuel Bassford, of Burton-on-the-Wolds; _b._
Wymeswold, co. Leicester, 22 Feb. 1893; educ. there, and Loughborough;
enlisted 29 Jan. 1915, and _d._ 11 Dec. 1915, of wounds received
in action on the Western front by the bursting of a shell; _unm._
=BARNETT, WILLIAM STUART=, Corpl., No. 27868, Signal Coy., R.E.,
only _s._ of the late William Barnett, of Sutton, Jeweller and
Silversmith (died 5 Feb. 1895), by his wife, Louisa (1, Wickham Road,
Sutton), only dau. of James Crute, of Honor Oak; _b._ Sutton,
co. Surrey, 4 March, 1892; educ. Laleham House, Northdown, Margate;
enlisted in the 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt.,
12 Oct. 1910, promoted L.-Corpl. Aug. 1912, transferred to the R.E.
May, 1914, and was killed in action at Doue, France, 7 Sept. 1914,
while carrying despatches from General Headquarters to the 2nd Army
Corps Signals. The Rev. O. S. Watkins, Wesleyan Chaplain to the Forces,
says, in his book “With French in France and Flanders” (pp. 53–55): “I
found the brave lad lying in a cottage in the village. Peasants told
me that in the darkness he had lost his way, and had actually ridden
through two villages occupied by the Germans until he was brought
to a stand at Doue with a bullet through his heart. As soon as the
Germans retired the villagers had lifted him tenderly into the cottage,
straightened the fine young limbs into decent restfulness, and covered
him with a clean white sheet. I found him, a bunch of newly gathered
flowers on his breast, his face calm and determined, but looking
strangely young. He was carried to his last long rest by old men
belonging to the village--there were no young men, for all were serving
with the Army--and as we passed through the streets women came from the
houses and laid flowers upon the bier. Up the steep road we toiled,
with many a stop to rest the ancient bearers. Ahead boomed the heavy
guns in action, and below we could see the infantry advancing to the
attack. At last we reached the hill-top, crowned by its little church
and peaceful graveyard. We laid him in his shallow grave, the peasants,
with heads uncovered, listening with reverence to the grand words of
the Burial Service in a language they did not understand. Before the
service was over shrapnel was bursting on the hill, and silently the
peasants crept to the wall for shelter, their heads still uncovered. As
the final ‘Amen’ fell from my lips, and I stood for a moment looking
down on all that was left of that fine young manhood, one of the
old men, forgetting his fear of the thundering guns, stepped to the
graveside, and, as he cast earth upon the prone body with his hands,
with wonderful dignity he addressed the sleeper. As far as I could
understand his words he said: ‘You are a brave man and our friend. You
have given your life for our country. We thank you. May you sleep well
in the earth of beautiful France,’ and the others said ‘Amen.’”
[Illustration: =William Stuart Barnett.=]
=BARNHARDT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. A 2464, 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Henry
Barnhardt, of P.O. Station, Stratford, Ontario [of a family originally
from Germany], by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Neal, of Bristol;
_b._ Norwich, Ontario, Canada, 19 Feb. 1893; educ. West Monkton
Public School, Ontario, and the Central Business College, Stratford,
Ontario; joined the 34th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force,
18 Jan. 1915, but volunteered for the first special detachment which
left Canada on 18 June, arriving in England about 1 July, and was there
transferred to the 1st Battn. as grenade thrower. He was killed in
action somewhere in Belgium, 28 Nov. 1915, by a rifle grenade. On the
night of his death he had specially volunteered to go to the first line
trench, and letters from his officers and comrades unite in speaking
highly of his work and conduct.
[Illustration: =Frederick John Barnhardt.=]
=BARON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3201), S.S. 100851,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARR, SAMUEL TUDOR=, Lieut., 3rd King’s Own Hussars, only
_s._ of Sir James Barr, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.E.,
Consulting Physician, Liverpool Royal Infirmary, Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C.,
by his wife, Isabella Maria, dau. of John Woolley; _b._ Liverpool,
2 May, 1883; educ. Liverpool College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
3rd Hussars, 18 Jan. 1902, and became Lieut. 6 June, 1906; served with
his regt. in India and South Africa; came home on leave in Jan. 1909,
and while on a holiday in Switzerland met with an accident, falling
down a crevasse, from which his father succeeded in extricating him.
They afterwards missed their way, were discovered by a search party of
Swiss guides the following morning, and brought down in the afternoon.
Tudor Barr suffered severely from frost bite and lost all his toes,
nevertheless he rejoined his regt. in South Africa towards the latter
part of the year, but finding the work too much for him in the then
sensitive condition of his feet, he resigned in 1910. He then joined
the South Irish Horse, and being a very keen and successful polo
player, took a farm and trained polo ponies; this not being a financial
success, he retired from the Army in 1912 and went to Rhodesia with the
view of settling there. On the outbreak of war he at once came home,
travelling 10,000 miles at his own expense. He reached England early in
October, at once volunteered, and was gazetted Lieut. 25 Nov. 1914. He
was first engaged training cavalry reserves at Shorncliffe, then joined
the Reserve of his old regt., the 3rd Hussars, at Rouen, and from there
attached to the 20th Hussars then in the trenches. He was killed in
action, near Zillebeke, 23 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Col. Kennedy, of the
3rd Hussars, wrote: “In the old days in India, your son was always in
my squadron, and he was a capital officer and one who, I am sure, would
have been to the fore in this war, had he been spared. It was bad luck
that when he came out we were full up with officers, and this is the
reason why he volunteered to go temporarily to the 20th Hussars.... You
grieve for an only son, and we for a brave and gallant comrade.” And
Col. Edwards, of the 20th Hussars: “Your son had been attached to the
20th Hussars for some two months and did excellent work with us. He
was a most energetic and keen officer, and had he been spared would, I
am sure, have done very well indeed.” Another officer wrote: “A braver
soldier or a truer friend never lived.”
[Illustration: =Samuel Tudor Barr.=]
=BARR, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 11508, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRASS, ALFRED LEONARD=, Private, No. 6014, 3rd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Alfred Barrass, of Hull, Private,
3rd East Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of William
Leonard Brown; _b._ Hull, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. Warnes Street Board
School there; enlisted 23 June, 1911; placed on the Reserve, Dec. 1911;
called up on the outbreak of war, and transferred to the 1st Battn. at
the front. He was killed in action in France, 8 Dec. 1914, being shot
by a sniper when fetching water; _unm._
=BARRATT, CHARLES WYLLY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3160),
S.S. 100828, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARRATT, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9500), S.S.
106889, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRATT, PERCIVAL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7811),
S.S. 103275, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BARRETT, CHARLES JOHN CHARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late Major William Barrett, J.P.,
D.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria Herring (Moredon, North Curry,
Taunton), dau. of William Wheaton Chard, of Mount Tamar, Devon, and
nephew of Col. John Rouse Merriott Chard, V.C., R.E., the hero of
Rorke’s Drift; _b._ Moredon, North Curry, co. Somerset, 26 Aug.
1873; educ. at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where
he won the riding prize, “The Saddle.” He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in
the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, becoming Lieut. 12 Nov. 1896,
and Capt. 2 May, 1900, and was Adjutant of the 1st Battn. 12 Sept. 1903
to 7 March 1904. He served in the South African war, beginning with
the operations in Natal in March, 1900, also in the operations in the
Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and the action of Ruidam. He also
raised a company of Mounted Infantry on active service, and gained the
Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was Adjutant of the 1st Volunteer
Battn. of the Welsh Regt. from Jan. 1905 to 1908. While stationed
in Dublin with his regt. in 1909 he won the Irish Grand Military at
Punchestown with his horse Scarlet Runner. He had nearly completed
four years as an officer of gentlemen cadets at Sandhurst, to which he
was appointed, 1 Feb. 1911, and had raised a new company (L Coy.),
which he was commanding when he was called to join the 1st Battn. of
his regt. at the Front. He was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres,
14 Nov. 1914, when in temporary command of the battn., and was buried
in the grounds of Héronthage Château, Hooge. He was mentioned in Sir
John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. He _m._ at London, 26 Nov. 1904, Lena, only
dau. of the late Albert Vaucamps, of 34, Queen’s Gate. His brother
Donald, who was in the same regt., was accidentally drowned, 28 May,
1891, while fishing in the River Dee during the time he was serving on
the Queen’s Guard of Honour at Ballater.
[Illustration: =Charles John C. Barrett.=]
=BARRETT, HUGH HENRY GUY=, Private, No. 27589, 15th Battn.
(48th King’s Canadian Highlanders) 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian
Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of William Henry Barrett, of
127, Kenilworth Court, Putney, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of
James Redgrove; _b._ West Dulwich, London, 10 Sept. 1894; educ.
Lynchmere School, Eastbourne, and Dover College. Being in Canada when
war was declared, he volunteered immediately, enlisting at Grimsby,
Ontario, 15 Aug. 1914, and came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent.
He went through the heavy fighting at Ypres on 22–23 April, 1915, and
was mortally wounded on Saturday, 24 April. It was on this occasion
that the Germans first used asphyxiating gases which caused the French
to retire and left the Canadian left exposed. The 48th suffered very
severely. Barrett was removed to No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne,
where he died 27 April; _unm._ He was buried in Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Hugh Henry Guy Barrett.=]
=BARRETT, JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 8954, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRETT, ROBERT SIMON=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.) 7048, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BARRETT, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., A.E. 4468, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRETT, WILLIAM GEORGE JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R. 2677B, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRINGTON, NOEL SCOT=, Lieut. 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
only _s._ of Fourness Barrington, M.S. (Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.),
Lecturer in Obstetrics, University of Sydney, Surgeon Royal Hospital
for Women and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals; _b._ Edinburgh, 20
May, 1892; educ. Mostyn House and Worcester College, Oxford (1912);
gazetted as University candidate to be 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Rifles,
26 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. following; killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Noel Scot Barrington.=]
=BARRY, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., 34 Immed. Class), 189368, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BARRY, JOHN FRANCIS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4274.
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARSBY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9097), 210354, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARSON, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9083, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARSTOW, JOHN BAILLIE=, Major, R.E., eldest _s._ of Henry
Clements Barstow, of Hazelbush, York, late Bengal Civil Service, by
his wife, Cecilia Clementina, 3rd dau. of Rev. the Hon. John Baillie,
M.A., Canon Residentiary of York [brother of George, 10th Earl of
Haddington]; _b._ Allahabad, India, 31 Oct. 1872; educ. Clifton
College and Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 July, 1891, and promoted
Lieut. 24 July, 1894, Capt. 24 July, 1902, and Major 24 July, 1911.
Killed in action near Bailly, 31 Aug. 1914; buried in the cemetery
there. He _m._ at Killiney, 31 Oct. 1906, Ethel Constance, dau.
of John Richards Orpen, of St. Leonard’s, Killiney, co. Dublin, M.A.,
Barrister-at-Law, and had three sons and one dau.: John Michael Orpen,
_b._ 15 Dec. 1907; Henry Stewart Peregrine, _b._ 21 April,
1909; George Baillie, _b._ 29 Aug. 1912; Cecilia Mary Penelope,
_b._ 11 Feb. 1914.
=BARTER, HARRY STANLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26050, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARTER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 891), 119878,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTHROPP, SIDNEY ALFRED NATHANIEL SHAFTO=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., only _s._ of Major Alfred Shafto
Barthropp, of Newport House, Essex (now serving on the Depôt Staff of
the Norfolk Regt. at Britannia Barracks, Norwich), by his wife, Ellen
Ada Wentworth, 2nd dau. of the late Capt. Sidney Wentworth Stanley,
of Longstowe Hall, co. Cambridge, J.P., D.L., and nephew of the late
Philip George Barthropp, for many years Master of the Essex and Suffolk
Foxhounds; _b._ Kensington Court, W., 25 March, 1892; educ. at
Winchester, where he played for “Commoners XVs.” in Nov. 1909, and
at Trinity College, Cambridge. After taking his degree in Nov. 1913,
he went to the Bishop’s Hostel, Farnham, Surrey, with the intention
of studying for Holy Orders, and on the outbreak of war joined the
3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (Special Reserve) then at Dover. He
subsequently joined the 2nd Battn. of the regt. in France, and had only
been out there a fortnight when he was killed in action in the trenches
in the brickfields, near Cuinchy, on 29 Jan. 1915. In announcing his
death to his parents, Col. E. W. B. Green, officer commanding the
regt., wrote: “He was killed on 29 Jan. during an attack by the Germans
upon a portion of the line which we were holding and in which the
company with which your son was serving put up a very gallant defence,
and beat off a very determined attack. He died a soldier’s death in
the very front of the fight. In him we feel we have lost a comrade
who was bound to do well, and who, during the short time he had been
with us, had endeared himself to all. He is buried in the graveyard
at Cuinchy, near Bethune.” He was confirmed in his rank as 2nd Lieut.
the day he was killed. Lieut. Barthropp was a thorough sportsman, and
while at Cambridge whipped in to the Trinity Foot Beagles from March,
1911, until he left the University. Mr. Barthropp also whipped in to
the Eastern Counties Otter Hounds from Aug. 1911, during the Mastership
of Mr. Rose, until the retirement of the latter gentleman in Dec. 1914,
when he succeeded Mr. Rose as Master, which position he occupied at
the time of his death. His fondness for, and eager participation in,
all sorts of outdoor pursuits earned him amongst his fellow students
at Farnham the name of “The Squire,” and one of them, writing of the
healthy and manly influence he exercised over men of his own age, said:
“It is good to have been with him here.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =S. A. N. S. Barthropp.=]
=BARTLETT, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1858D, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTLETT, GEOFFREY EDWARD ROSE=, Midshipman, R.N.R., elder
_s._ of the late Edward Noel Napier Bartlett, J.P., co. Bucks,
by his wife, Dorothy (St. Margaret’s Cottage, Penn, Bucks), dau. of
Sir Philip Rose, 2nd Bt. of Rayners; _b._ London, 8 Oct. 1895;
educ. St. John’s, Beaumont, Old Windsor; was for three years on H.M.S.
Conway, and two years a cadet on the White Star s.s. Mersey, going
round the world twice, 1912–13 and 1913–14; joined H.M.S. Bulwark 29
Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26
Nov. following. Bartlett was a great-great-grandson of Admiral James
Noble, who served as Act.-Lieut. of the Agamemnon under Commodore
Nelson in 1795, and was promoted to Commander in 1797 through the
influence of Nelson after the battle of St. Vincent, where he was very
dangerously wounded.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Edward R. Bartlett.=]
=BARTLETT, HENRY ARTHUR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21843, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BARTLETT, JOE=, Armourer’s Crew (Pension, No. 19272), 135647,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTON, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 7380, 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire
L.I., _s._ of Thomas Barton, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of
James Crossley; _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, 3 July, 1884; educ. St.
Peter’s School there; enlisted 9 Sept. 1903; on outbreak of war was
called up from the Reserve and was killed in action near Lille, 23 Oct.
1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow,
described how, on the evening of 22 Oct. they were in the trenches near
Lille, with the Germans 600 yards away. When day broke on the 23rd they
saw the Germans entrenching 100 yards away. Volunteers were called to
creep up to the ditch to turn the Germans out with the bayonet, and
Barton, with six others, volunteered at once, and proceeded to crawl
towards the trench. They had not gone far when the Germans saw them,
and opened fire. Barton unluckily was hit in the head and killed.
Before the war Corpl. Barton was employed as a grinder at the Park Road
Spinning Company’s Mill, Dukinfield, and was one of the bellringers at
St. Peter’s Church, where a tablet has been erected to his memory. He
_m._ at Ashton, 13 Jan. 1908, Mary Jane (195, Portland Street,
Ashton-under-Lyne), dau. of the late John Edward Wolstencroft, and had
issue a dau., Hilda, _b._ 17 Nov. 1911.
[Illustration: =Ernest Barton.=]
=BARTON, GILBERT JOHNSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5356), S.S. 100,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.