BORN HULL 1895. LISTED AS MISSING – HULL DAILY MAIL 21/05/1917. ADDRESS FROM 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. SON OF EDWARD WILLIAM & EMMA BARNES. RELEASED AS PRISONER OF WAR ON 15/02/1919. (FORCES WAR RECORDS)
James Offer writes on 31/12/2015:
Edward William Barnes was the Observer with my Uncle, Aubrey R M Rickards , when they were brought down on the 5th/6th April 1917 on the first Night Bombing Raids with 100 Squadron, on Douai Aerodrome, the airfield from which Manfred Von Richtofen operated. They were initially reported missing , fate unknown , but subsequently both were reported as being Prisoners of War in German hands. The Hull Daily Mail of 22nd May 1917 reports Barnes as missing, but on 18th July 1917 he is reported as a Prisoner of War. If you would like further information / proof, I have a lot of other information about him – if so , please let me have your email address.
Barnes, Edward William
First name:
EDWARD WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
42054
Rank:
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Place died:
Not Known
Age:
21
