We remember Harry Barber

We remember Harry Barber

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Timeline

Timeline

1889
birth Belper, Derbyshire United Kingdom Source:174176 1889
1912
marriage Nellie Rose Mewis Source:174176 1912
1915
children Albert Henry Barber Source:174176 1915
service British Army Private 1536/200122 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1/5 Battalion (Territorial Force) Source:174176
service British Army Private 200122 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Source:174176
service British Army Private 1536 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Source:174176
service British Army Private 200122 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Source:7180455
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:174176
1916
death Killed in Action Killed in an action to take Gommecourt Wood Gommecourt wood near Foncquevillers France Source:7180455 Source:174176 1st July 1916
burial Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais First buried in a field cemetery near Gommecourt wood. Identified by disc (dog tag) and moved to new cemetery after armistice. France Source:7180455 Source:174176

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Harry
Initials H
Last Name Barber
Source 174176
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1536/200122 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1/5 Battalion (Territorial Force) Private
British Army 200122 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Private
British Army 1536 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Private
British Army 200122 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Private
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Albert Henry Barber son 1915
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Margaret Frost mother
James Barber father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Nellie Rose Mewis wife 1912

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

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Multimedia

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Cemetery Walter30155
Certificate Walter30155
Walter Mewis Walter30155

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