Part 11

=BARLEY, JOHN=, Private, No. 8147, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Barley, of Broughton, Miner, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Robert Sharp, of Broughton; _b._ Broughton, 6 April, 1876; educ. there; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt., 24 Nov. 1893; served nine years in the Regulars and three in the Reserve, and saw service in Khartoum and Atbara (medal with two bars), South Africa (medal), and Soudan (medal with two bars). On mobilisation he was called up, served in France and Flanders, and was wounded in Nov. 1914; afterwards went back to the front, and _d._ of wounds received in action at Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915. Private Barley _m._ at Leeds, 21 April, 1905, Elizabeth Ann (7, New Broughton, near Brigg, Lincoln), dau. of William Hyke, and had one son and five daus.; Thomas William _b._ 3 Oct. 1905; Gladys Gwendolen, _b._ 21 Dec. 1906; Evylyn Kitty, _b._ 16 Oct. 1908; Nancy, _b._ 19 July, 1910; Amy Winifred, _b._ 10 Aug. 1912; and Joyce Attra, _b._ 14 July, 1914.

=BARLING, HENRY WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 281047, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARLING, WILLIAM BINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of William Barling, of The Paddocks, Newnham-on-Severn, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of Seymour Bingham; _b._ at Newnham, co. Gloucester, 1892; educ. Beresford House, Gloucester; The Priory, Great Malvern; and Dean’s Close, Cheltenham, and on leaving the latter became a student at Wye College; was elected to a Fellowship of the Surveyor’s Institute, and became a member of the Inland Revenue Valuation Department at Gloucester, a post he held for three years. On the declaration of war he enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battn. of the Gloucesters about 12 Aug.; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 6th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 2 Dec. 1914, and was put on the Officers’ Reserve. He went to France on 19 Feb., and reached the firing line on 23 Feb., where he was attached to the 3rd Battn. of the regt. A wire from the War Office came on 16 March “reported missing, believed killed,” and the last authoritative information concerning his death was contained in a letter from his Colonel. The letter said when last seen Lieut. Barling was very bravely leading his platoon in a determined assault against an enemy’s trench, and was believed to be killed. A corpl. concerned in this particular advance reported he stumbled over an officer whom he believed to be Lieut. Barling. The trench, which a very few men succeeded in reaching, had to be evacuated at nightfall, and is still (1916) in the enemy’s hands. He was _unm._

=BARLOW, CHARLES ERNEST=, Corpl. No. 964, 2nd Home Counties (T.F.) R.E., only _s._ of the late Joshua Barlow, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Cann; _b._ Soho, London, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. St. Anne’s School there; was a chauffeur; enlisted Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and died 30 June, 1915, of wounds received in action in France. He _m._ at Walthamstow, Essex, 18 Jan. 1914, Lilian (6, Church Street, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of John Todd, and had issue a dau., Marie Lilian, _b._ 31 Jan. 1915.

=BARLOW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9666), S.S. 107176, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARLOW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11741, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=PRATT-BARLOW, BERNHARD ALEXANDER=, Commander R.N., elder _s._ of Charles James Pratt-Barlow, of Roxby, The Hoe, Plymouth, by his wife, Rosa Caroline, yr. dau. of the late William Gladstone, D.L., J.P., of 58, Queen’s Gate, London, S.W.; _b._ St. George’s Road, London, S.W., 10 Sept. 1874; educ. Brighton (Mr. W. R. Lee, of Norfolk Terrace), and Royal Naval College, Gosport; joined H.M.S. Britannia as a Naval Cadet in Jan. 1889, being rated midshipman three years later. He was promoted Sub-Lieut. 31 May, 1896, Lieut. 31 Aug. 1897, and Commander 31 Dec. 1908. As a naval cadet he served in the Trafalgar, flagship of Rear-Admirals Lord Walter Kerr, A. H. Markham, and C. G. Domvile, on the Mediterranean Station, July, 1891; the Warspite, flagship of Rear-Admiral Drummond, commanding “D” Fleet in the Naval Manœuvres of July, 1894; and the Active, flying the broad pennant of Commodore R. H. Harris, in the Training Squadron, Sept. 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad pennant of Commodore G. L. Atkinson from May, 1896, to June, 1897, when he was appointed to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, in which he was present at the Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead the same month. At the end of August following he was promoted to Lieut. and appointed to the Majestic, flagship of Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson in the Channel Squadron--the flag Capt. being Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B. He was flag Lieut. to Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont on the Pacific station, March, 1899, and on the Australian station to January, 1903. He commanded the destroyers Sturgeon, Contest and Osprey, all at Devonport, and in June, 1903, was appointed 1st Lieut. of H.M.S. Antrim. He was 1st Lieut. at the R.N. Barracks, Devonport, from July, 1907, to the end of 1908, when he was advanced to Commander. In that rank he commanded the destroyers Kale and Rattlesnake, both in the second Destroyer Flotilla, and was commander of H.M.S. Irresistible and of H.M.S. Centurion. He commanded H.M.S. Hawke in the Training Squadron at Queenstown from Jan. 1914, until she was commissioned for war service. Commander Pratt-Barlow lost his life in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915, when H.M.S. Hawke was torpedoed by a German submarine. After the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke, Capt. Charles J. Wintour, of H.M.S. Swift, wrote the following letter: “I was instrumental in picking up the survivors of the Hawke from the rafts, and I took them in the Swift to harbour. I at once asked one of the survivors as to the commander, and he told me that he had been on his (the survivor’s) raft, and seeing that there were too many men on the raft said: ‘There are too many men on the raft, I will swim to another.’ He was never seen again, but his self-sacrificing action was undoubtedly the means of saving others. I would like you to know how deeply I grieve at his loss, and also that you should know that his very last act was one of unselfish bravery.” He _m._ at Canon Ffrome, co. Hereford, 17 June, 1903, Dorothy Nesta, yr. dau. of the late Walter Baskerville, D.L., J.P., of Clyro Court, co. Radnor, and left a dau., Mary Pamela, _b._ 17 June, 1905.

=BARNARD, PHILIP=, Seaman, R.N.R. 35140, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNARD, REUBEN GEORGE=, Ship’s Steward, 341409, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNARD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287572, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNARDIER, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1768), Ch. 14072, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNDEN, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7435), S.S. 102658, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BARNES, ARTHUR=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, M. 6714 (Devon.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BARNES, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6462, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Alfred Barnes of 59, Hervey Park Road, Walthamstow; _b._ co. Essex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; _d._ 1 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action; _unm._

=BARNES, CHARLES=, Plumber, 346127, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNES, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, No. 2187, 10th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); _d._ in India 1 Sept., 1914, while on active service.

=BARNES, DOUGLAS MESTON=, Flight-Lieut., Royal Naval Air Service, _s._ of George Frederick Barnes, of Tulse Hill Park, A.S.I., by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Clapham, co. Surrey, 19 June, 1887; educ. Broomwood College there and privately. On completing his education, Lieut. Barnes entered the engineering profession, and was particularly interested in marine engineering and aircraft. He attained the position of manager of Smokeless Appliances, Ltd., an advisory and manufacturing company, of Victoria Street, Westminster. He resigned this on the outbreak of the war, and offered his services to the War Office and Admiralty. He received his commission as Flight Sub-Lieut. in the Naval Air Service, and was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke on 12 Oct. 1914, was transferred to Hendon Flying Station in Nov. and gained his Pilot’s Certificate in Dec. Early in 1915 he was appointed to the staff and placed in charge of the mechanics at the station. Later on he was gazetted Flight-Lieut., and was promoted to the command at Hendon. At the time of his death he was designated to the command of the more important station at ..., and was about to take up his duties there. On the night of the first air raid on London, 31 May-1 June, Lieut. Barnes received warning of the approach of the Zeppelins at 11.30 p.m., and at once went out on a large Sopworth biplane. He sighted a Zeppelin at ..., and chased it for many miles in various directions ..., but finally lost it, and met his death at 2.30 a.m. in endeavouring to land in darkness and mist. The subjoined official account, furnished by the Admiralty, gives further particulars of Lieut. Barnes’ exploit: “This officer lost his life in a very gallant attempt to destroy a Zeppelin which was attacking London on the night of 31 May, and if only weather conditions had been a little more favourable it is likely that the result would have been quite as successful as in the case of Flight Sub-Lieut. Warneford’s complete destruction of a Zeppelin in the air in Flanders. The ascent was made in the dark, and it is probable that after chasing the Zeppelin he missed her owing to the hazy weather, and then found it necessary to land in order to find his position, and in doing so found himself surrounded by low-lying fog, entirely obscuring the ground. After a careful inspection it was found that the machine struck the ground at an abnormally high speed, bounced twice, and then turned over on its back completely, and there seems to be no doubt that Lieut. Barnes was killed outright.... It is felt that the highest praise is due to these officers who, in defence of their country, cheerfully carry out such hazardous flights at night under extremely dangerous conditions. (Signed) MURRAY F. SUETER, Commodore, R.N.” He was buried in Nunhead cemetery; _unm._

=BARNES, EDWARD ERNEST=, Sergt., No. 65046, 24th Battn. (Victoria Rifles of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Barnes, of 21, Lasalle Street, Lachine, P.Q., Canada, by his wife, Jennie, dau. of William Sheppard, of Ipswich; _b._ Faversham, co. Kent, 18 July, 1892; educ. Davington School; went to Canada on 30 May, 1912, was employed at National Brick Co., Delson, Quebec; volunteered for Imperial service, and enlisted in Jan. 1915; left for England with the Second Contingent; went to France, 12 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action in Belgium, 18 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at St. Columbia Church, Montreal West, 1 April, 1915, Minnie Victoria (103, Effra Road, Haydon’s Road, Wimbledon), dau. of Frederick Grumbridge, of Wandsworth, ex-Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police; _s.p._

=BARNES, FREDERICK=, S.P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4240), 167803, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BARNES, FREDERICK FRANCIS= (“Eric”), Private, No. 19991, 5th Platoon, 10th Battn., 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Barnes, of Alexandra College, Shirley, Southampton, Officer in Mercantile Marine, by his wife, Amy Maude, dau. of William Francis Mayass; _b._ Alexandra College, Shirley, Southampton, 30 May, 1894; educ. Taunton School, Somerset; and was in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, first at Calgary and then at Youngstown, Alberta. He volunteered for Imperial service directly war was declared, came over to England with the first contingent, and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, left for the front on 10 Feb. He took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and in the second Battle of Ypres, at the latter of which the 10th Battn. distinguished itself by recovering the wood of St. Julien, losing three-fourths of its strength and nearly every officer. At Festubert, on 22 May, 1915, the 10th Battn. recovered some trenches from the Germans, and while they were being made habitable, Barnes was struck by a shell and killed instantly. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a good soldier and a brave man.” He was _unm._

=BARNES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9548, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt.; _s._ of Edmund Barnes, of 75, Gibbon Road, Peckham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 25 May, 1915.

=BARNES, HERBERT PLUME=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9615), S.S. 106968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BARNES, JOHN=, Private, No. 10159, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Carlisle; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; served with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported missing 25 Jan. 1915.

=BARNES, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 967), Ch. 7252, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNES, PHILIP CHARLES=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2874, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Barnes, of 48, Iffley Road, Oxford; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BARNES, SYDNEY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24950, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=BARNES, THOMAS=, Blacksmith, 344039, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BARNES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3907), 168377, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BARNES, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4580), 192725, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BARNETT, JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), only child of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Barnett, of Hafton, Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, V.D., commanding 2/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), by his wife, Nellie, dau. of Hugh Barnett; _b._ Kilmarnock, 7 March, 1895; educ. Kilmarnock Academy, Irvine Royal Academy, and Glasgow University, where he distinguished himself as a prizeman in Logic, Latin, English and Political Economy, and was Secretary of the University Dialectic Society. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 14 Aug. 1913. On the outbreak of war the entire battn. volunteered for foreign service, and proceeded to the Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915. Lieut. Barnett fell while leading the charge in the battle of 12 July, 1915, at the head of his men and just as they reached the Turkish trenches. He was buried along with another officer near the spot where he fell. A cross bearing his name marks the spot. Lieut. Barnett, prior to joining his battn., acted as Lieut. and afterwards as Capt. of the Irvine Royal Academy Cadet Corps. He also was the first Boy Scout to be enrolled in Ayrshire, and was the patrol leader of the 1st Ayrshire Troop. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a brave lad throughout it all, and that was not the only instance. He showed himself on previous occasions full of bravery and determination and a true British officer, and we have lost one we can ill afford. I have had occasion to notice and admire his bravery since we came out here, but especially on the morning when Capt. L.... was killed. I had a very urgent and important message to send through and across a part that meant danger. He immediately volunteered when I asked for volunteers, and did the work splendidly. Throughout the whole time here, and on many trying occasions, he showed the true British blood of a brave and true soldier boy.” The Brig.-Gen. of the Brigade also wrote: “All who knew your son were unanimous in their praise of his devotion to duty and fearlessness. The regt. has lost a most valuable young officer, and one who will not be easily replaced.”

=BARNETT, KNIGHT=, L.-Corpl., No. 184, A Coy., 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Arthur Nelson Barnett, of Sydney, N.S.W., Stipendiary Magistrate, by his wife, Ada Hargrave, dau. of Henry Breton, M.D.; _b._ Wentworth, N.S.W., 30 Dec. 1888; educ. Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney; was a surveyor, but on the outbreak of war volunteered, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, leaving with the first contingent. He was wounded at the first landing of the Australians at Gallipoli on Sunday, 25 April, 1915, and was sent into hospital in Egypt. After convalescence he returned to the Dardanelles in time to take part in the charge at Lone Pine on 6 Aug., and was killed on that day while on observation duty in the first line of Turkish trenches; _unm._

=BARNETT, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14739, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Isaac Barnett, of 8, Cradock Street, Loughborough (_d._ 12 Oct. 1915), by his wife, Sarah (_d._ 26 March, 1911), dau. of Samuel Bassford, of Burton-on-the-Wolds; _b._ Wymeswold, co. Leicester, 22 Feb. 1893; educ. there, and Loughborough; enlisted 29 Jan. 1915, and _d._ 11 Dec. 1915, of wounds received in action on the Western front by the bursting of a shell; _unm._

=BARNETT, WILLIAM STUART=, Corpl., No. 27868, Signal Coy., R.E., only _s._ of the late William Barnett, of Sutton, Jeweller and Silversmith (died 5 Feb. 1895), by his wife, Louisa (1, Wickham Road, Sutton), only dau. of James Crute, of Honor Oak; _b._ Sutton, co. Surrey, 4 March, 1892; educ. Laleham House, Northdown, Margate; enlisted in the 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt., 12 Oct. 1910, promoted L.-Corpl. Aug. 1912, transferred to the R.E. May, 1914, and was killed in action at Doue, France, 7 Sept. 1914, while carrying despatches from General Headquarters to the 2nd Army Corps Signals. The Rev. O. S. Watkins, Wesleyan Chaplain to the Forces, says, in his book “With French in France and Flanders” (pp. 53–55): “I found the brave lad lying in a cottage in the village. Peasants told me that in the darkness he had lost his way, and had actually ridden through two villages occupied by the Germans until he was brought to a stand at Doue with a bullet through his heart. As soon as the Germans retired the villagers had lifted him tenderly into the cottage, straightened the fine young limbs into decent restfulness, and covered him with a clean white sheet. I found him, a bunch of newly gathered flowers on his breast, his face calm and determined, but looking strangely young. He was carried to his last long rest by old men belonging to the village--there were no young men, for all were serving with the Army--and as we passed through the streets women came from the houses and laid flowers upon the bier. Up the steep road we toiled, with many a stop to rest the ancient bearers. Ahead boomed the heavy guns in action, and below we could see the infantry advancing to the attack. At last we reached the hill-top, crowned by its little church and peaceful graveyard. We laid him in his shallow grave, the peasants, with heads uncovered, listening with reverence to the grand words of the Burial Service in a language they did not understand. Before the service was over shrapnel was bursting on the hill, and silently the peasants crept to the wall for shelter, their heads still uncovered. As the final ‘Amen’ fell from my lips, and I stood for a moment looking down on all that was left of that fine young manhood, one of the old men, forgetting his fear of the thundering guns, stepped to the graveside, and, as he cast earth upon the prone body with his hands, with wonderful dignity he addressed the sleeper. As far as I could understand his words he said: ‘You are a brave man and our friend. You have given your life for our country. We thank you. May you sleep well in the earth of beautiful France,’ and the others said ‘Amen.’”

=BARNHARDT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. A 2464, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Henry Barnhardt, of P.O. Station, Stratford, Ontario [of a family originally from Germany], by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Neal, of Bristol; _b._ Norwich, Ontario, Canada, 19 Feb. 1893; educ. West Monkton Public School, Ontario, and the Central Business College, Stratford, Ontario; joined the 34th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 18 Jan. 1915, but volunteered for the first special detachment which left Canada on 18 June, arriving in England about 1 July, and was there transferred to the 1st Battn. as grenade thrower. He was killed in action somewhere in Belgium, 28 Nov. 1915, by a rifle grenade. On the night of his death he had specially volunteered to go to the first line trench, and letters from his officers and comrades unite in speaking highly of his work and conduct.

=BARON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3201), S.S. 100851, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BARR, SAMUEL TUDOR=, Lieut., 3rd King’s Own Hussars, only _s._ of Sir James Barr, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.E., Consulting Physician, Liverpool Royal Infirmary, Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C., by his wife, Isabella Maria, dau. of John Woolley; _b._ Liverpool, 2 May, 1883; educ. Liverpool College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Hussars, 18 Jan. 1902, and became Lieut. 6 June, 1906; served with his regt. in India and South Africa; came home on leave in Jan. 1909, and while on a holiday in Switzerland met with an accident, falling down a crevasse, from which his father succeeded in extricating him. They afterwards missed their way, were discovered by a search party of Swiss guides the following morning, and brought down in the afternoon. Tudor Barr suffered severely from frost bite and lost all his toes, nevertheless he rejoined his regt. in South Africa towards the latter part of the year, but finding the work too much for him in the then sensitive condition of his feet, he resigned in 1910. He then joined the South Irish Horse, and being a very keen and successful polo player, took a farm and trained polo ponies; this not being a financial success, he retired from the Army in 1912 and went to Rhodesia with the view of settling there. On the outbreak of war he at once came home, travelling 10,000 miles at his own expense. He reached England early in October, at once volunteered, and was gazetted Lieut. 25 Nov. 1914. He was first engaged training cavalry reserves at Shorncliffe, then joined the Reserve of his old regt., the 3rd Hussars, at Rouen, and from there attached to the 20th Hussars then in the trenches. He was killed in action, near Zillebeke, 23 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Col. Kennedy, of the 3rd Hussars, wrote: “In the old days in India, your son was always in my squadron, and he was a capital officer and one who, I am sure, would have been to the fore in this war, had he been spared. It was bad luck that when he came out we were full up with officers, and this is the reason why he volunteered to go temporarily to the 20th Hussars.... You grieve for an only son, and we for a brave and gallant comrade.” And Col. Edwards, of the 20th Hussars: “Your son had been attached to the 20th Hussars for some two months and did excellent work with us. He was a most energetic and keen officer, and had he been spared would, I am sure, have done very well indeed.” Another officer wrote: “A braver soldier or a truer friend never lived.”