BORN DAIRYCOATES, HULL 1888. ONLY SON OF JOHN BARRETT AND JANE ASHTON, OF 5, SUSANNAHS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER WAS A WIDOWED CHARWOMAN WHO CARED FOR HER ELDERLY PARENTS IN BEAN STREET, HULL
HUSBAND OF LILLY WALLIS (LATER PORTER), LIVED AT 5, BROOKSIDE VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WAS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER & TIN SMITH LABOURER (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE EAST RIDING ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED AS A GUNNER, IN THE 77TH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/11/1917, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LILY.
HE IS BURIED AT KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/12/1917 & 29/12/1917.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S, ROLL OF HONOUR, LOWGATE, HULL
