Cemetery: Loos Memorial
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Official Number: G/1700
Unit: 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment.
Country of Service: British
Details: 25th September 1915. Age 20. Son of William and Clara Barnes of Rose Cottage Court Lane Birdham Chichester. Panel 69 to 73. William BARNES (1859 Birdham) and Clara CARPENTER (1860 Birdham) were married at St James Church, Birdham on 5th February 1881; they had seven children all of whom were born in Birdham: Ethel (1884), Julia (1887 – 1887) Eli (1888), Ann (1891), William (1895) and Lucy (1899) and one other (name not known). William enlisted in Chichester and was killed in action at Loos; he is also remembered on the Birdham War Memorial.
Photograph by Op Tribute2 / Richard Pledger BirdhamCE Primary School