BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ROBERT & ANN BARNES, OF 44 NORNABELL STREET (1901 CENSUS) & 18 BERKSHIRE STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS WIFE EDITH BARNES LIVED AT 2 ROSE VIEW, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 28/12/1915. KILLED BY A SNIPER, ON 25/06/1917, AGED 27
BURIED AT ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER”.
HIS TWO BROTHERS, SGT, JOHN BARNES, 7TH EYR, WAS KILLED ON, 10/07/1916, & PRIVATE, GEORGE BARNES, SOUTH WALES BORDERERS, DIED ON 12/10/1917.
THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/10/1917. *
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
12/282
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/06/1917
Place died:
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
