BORN NAFFERTON 22/04/1881. SON OF HENRY BARR AND ANNE FORBES – 1 BELGRAVE VILLAS, CARTWRIGHT LANE, BEVERLEY. SERVED SIX YEARS WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS IN 1906. WORKED AS A CARTER AT MARKET GREEN , COTTINGHAM. WORKED AS A GALVANIZER IN CANADA. ENLISTED IN THE CEF ON 11/03/1915. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 6 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 41 INCH CHEST WITH A SIX INCH EXPANSION, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXTION. TATOOS ON BOTH ARMS AND A SCAR ON HIS FOREHEAD. HIS WIFE LAURA LIVED ABOVE -1911 CENSUS. THEY HAD A SMALL SON, HARRY BORN IN 1910. CSM, JAMES BARR WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL, HALLGATE..
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
2979
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
09/09/1916
Place died:
Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France
Age:
24
