HERBERT WILLIAM BARNES
Born: 1886, Ipswich.
Died: 8th February 1918; age: 31; at Base General Hospital, Basra, Mesopotamia.
Enlistment Location: Fulham, London.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 365555.
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 392nd Siege Battery, North Scottish Battalion.
Grave Reference:
T.H.3.
Iraq.
Relatives Notified & Address: Youngest son of Henry Barnes, of 31, Cowper Street, Ipswich; husband of Nora Mary Barnes, of 48, Felden Street, Fulham, Surrey.
CENSUS
1891 48, Ann Street, Ipswich.
Herbert was 4 years old and living with his parents, siblings & widowed paternal grandfather.
Henry Barnes, 36, a Coachman – Domestic, born Witnesham, Suffolk.
Alice Mary Ann Barnes (nee Keeble), 38, born Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Ernest Henry Barnes, 10, born Ipswich.
Ellen Maud Barnes, 8, born Ipswich.
Minnie Mary May Barnes, 6, born Ipswich.
Samuel Barnes, 62, an Agricultural Labourer, born Witnesham.
1901 36, Richmond Road, Ipswich.
Herbert was 14 years old, a Grocery Assistant for his father. He lived with his father, stepmother, siblings, and widowed paternal grandfather.
Henry, 46, a Wholesale Manager – Coop Stores.
Sarah Ann Barnes, 45, born Witnesham.
Ernest, 20, a Wholesale Grocer – Clerk.
Ellen, 18, a Borough School Teacher.
Minnie, 16.
Samuel, 72, an Agricultural Labourer.
1911 40, Pursers Cross Road, Fulham, S.W.
Herbert was 23 years old, a Manger – Grocer. He was living at the home of Frederick Kellaway Woodcock, a Shop Assistant – Grocer.
On the 22nd July 1914, at Fulham Congregational Church, Dawes Road, Fulham, London, Herbert married Nora Mary Willby, born November 1887, Fulham, London. Herbert was 28 years old, a Grocer’s Manager, and lived at 40, Purser’s Cross Road, Fulham. Nora was 26 years old, a Clerk and lived at 47, Parson Green Lane, Fulham – daughter of Edwin Willby, a beer retailer – own account, and Mary Frances Willby (nee Liley), of 47, Parson Green Lane, Fulham.
Nora and Herbert had one son:
Donald Edwin Barnes, born May 1915, Fulham, London.
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