BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF ARTHUR BARNBY & ELIZABETH EMMA ATKINSON, OF 12 VICTOR STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE AT NEARBY 6 FLORAL GROVE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT COVENTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/08/1915. SERVED WITH THE 6TH OX & BUCKS REGIMENT. HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 18 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS AUNTIE, ELIZABETH.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
FRANCIS BARNBY IS LISTED ON HULL CITY ENGINEER DEPT. ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS TWO BROTHERS SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ONE OF THEM WAS ACTING SERGEANT, WALTER ARTHUR BARNBY (1894-1964), DCM, MM, 200343
HIS COUSIN ERNEST WAS KILLED 23/04/1917.
