BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT & ANN BARNES,OF 44 NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & 18 BERKSHIRE STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. A WOOD SAWYER IN 1911 CENSUS. HE SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS, AND WAS KILLED ON 11/10/1917, AGED 29. BURIED AT ETAPLES CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/10/1917. *
HIS BROTHERS, WERE, SGT., JOHN BARNES,7TH EYR, WAS KILLED, ON 10/07/1916, & PTE, ARTHUR BARNES, 12TH EYR, KILLED, ON 25/06/1917. ANOTHER BROTHER PTE, TOM BARNES, EYR, SERVED IN FRANCE.
SON IN LAWS, PTE, JOSEPH McGOWEN, ASC, IN FRANCE, TOM NORTH, ON MINE SWEEPERS, GRANDSON, L/CPL JOHN HOWARTH, MGC, WOUNDED AT ARRAS ON 23/04/1917.
ANOTHER GRANDSON WILLIAM HOWARTH, IN TRAINING FOR THE INFANTRY. (HDM 31/10/1917- PHOTO) *
