BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS BARNETT (1859-1933) AND CATHERINE BARNETT (1862-1921), OF 18 COURTNEY STREET, HULL AND 13 ETHEL GROVE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF AN OIL PRESSMAN. EMPLOYED AS A PAVIER, BY THE BON ACCORD OIL MILLS, HULL. HE LIVED AT 8 HERBERT AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 23/08/1916).
HE ENLISTED IN ABERDEEN IN NOVEMBER 1914. JOINED THE 1ST GORDON HIGHLANDERS. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME ON 14/08/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/06/1917, AGED 27. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/05/1918. HIS ONLY BROTHER JAMES BARNETT, SERVED IN THE 1ST EYR. HE SURVIVED THE WAR. DYING IN 1927, AGED 42.
HE LEFT FIVE SISTERS, MARGARET, ANNIE, CATHERINE, JANE AND ISABELLA.
First name:
WILLIAM ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
S/6637
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/06/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
8 HERBERT AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
