Frederick George Barnett
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 10563
Parents: John and Arthurina Barnett
Home address: Counterpool Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Boot Finisher
Date of birth: 1893
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 10/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated at Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, but not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 25
Further information:
Frederick was born in Kingswood, the son of a bootmaker and a middle child of eight with five sisters and two brothers. Frederick’s father died when Frederick was 10 years old.
Frederick served with the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
Frederick’s battalion mobilised to France in July of 1915 and fought in various actions on the Western Front including the Battles of the Somme, Arras and Ypres. Frederick was captured during The Final Advance in Artois And Flanders. He was initially reported as missing but it was then confirmed by the German authorities that he was being held as a prisoner of war. However, he was never seen again and was therefore presumed to have died in Germany. The memorial on which Frederick is remembered bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory Campaign in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/