BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM & JANE ELIZABETH BARRETT AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. (MARVEL STREET, IN DRYPOOL. STREET NOW DEMOLISHED). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR SISSONS BROTHER’S SAWMILLS, HEDON ROAD. HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE TO ENLIST IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/07/1915, AGED 17, AT HAVRE HOSPITAL.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 10TH SEPTEMBER 1915, AND THE HULL TIMES, ON THE 11TH SEPTEMBER 1915. *
THE INSCRIPTION ON HIS CWGC GRAVE READS: “THY PURPOSE LORD WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT’S DONE BY THEE”
BURIED: Buried at STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France
NOTE MEDAL ROLLS. DESCRIBE HIS NAME AS “BARRATT”, BUT HE APPEARS IN CENSUS RECORDS AS BARRETT.
