BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE BARRETT (1858-1900) AND EMILY WHITE (1858-1917) OF 19, NORFOLK TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER. WORKED AS A FURNITURE PORTER.
HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1907.
HIS WIFE MINNIE BARRETT (BORN 15/7/1887) AND FOUR DAUGHTERS, (ENID, CYNTHIA AND IDA), LIVED AT 2, NORFOLK PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 11, MAXWELL TERRACE, MORLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ANOTHER DAUGHTER, WINIFRED, DIED IN 1911, AGED 1.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 02/12/1918, AGED 32.
BURIED IN HULL. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE ANSWERED THE ROLL CALL IN HEAVEN”.
HIS MOTHER EMILY DIED ON 15/11/1917. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR BARRETT, 13TH EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/03/1917, AGED 27. (pictured)
