Life story: Douglas Wilson Gordon Barrett | Lives of the First World War

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1897

birth East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon United Kingdom Source:6406726 Source:9635611 20th December 1897

1913

enlistment Plymouth United Kingdom Source:9635611 29th May 1913

1913

service Royal Navy Boy 2nd Class J24700 Ganges Source:9635611 29th May 1913 - 25th November 1913

1913

employment Seaman Royal Navy Plymouth United Kingdom Source:9635611 29th July 1913 - 19th September 1946

1913

service Royal Navy Boy 1st Class J24700 Ganges Source:9635611 26th November 1913 - 19th May 1914

1915

service Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman J24700 See uploaded service record Source:9635611 2nd September 1915 - 15th May 1916

1916

service Royal Navy Able Seaman J24700 See uploaded service record Source:9635611 16th May 1916 - 5th September 1921

1921

service Royal Navy Leading Seaman J24700 See uploaded service record Source:9635611 6th September 1921 - 1st July 1932

1928

marriage Emily Frances PAGE Source:9635611 July 1928

1929

children Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT Source:9635611 30th August 1929

1931

awards Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Other War Service Award Source:9635611 29th March 1931

1932

service Royal Navy Acting Petty Officer J24700 See uploaded service record Source:9635611 2nd August 1932 - 1st August 1933

1933

service Royal Navy Petty Officer J24700 See uploaded service record Source:9635611 2nd August 1933 - 19th September 1946

1946

employment Electrician Royal Navy Dockyard Portland, Dorset United Kingdom Source:9635611 1946

location 4 Grove Avenue, Radipole, Weymouth United Kingdom their own address Source:9635611

1980

death Not War Related Amersham General Hospital, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Source:9635611 5th August 1980

burial Melcombe Regis Non-War Cemetery Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom Source:9635611

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Douglas Wilson Gordon
Initials	DWG
Last Name	Barrett
Source	6406726

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
4 Grove Avenue, Radipole, Weymouth	United Kingdom	their own address

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Rank
Royal Navy	J24700	Ganges	Boy 2nd Class
Royal Navy	J24700	See uploaded service record	Petty Officer
Royal Navy	J24700	See uploaded service record	Acting Petty Officer
Royal Navy	J24700	Ganges	Boy 1st Class
Royal Navy	J24700	See uploaded service record	Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy	J24700	See uploaded service record	Able Seaman
Royal Navy	J24700	See uploaded service record	Leading Seaman

Awards

Award	Type	Source
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal	Other War Service Award

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT	son	30th August 1929

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Elizabeth	mother
Daniel BARRETT	father

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Emily Frances PAGE	wife	July 1928

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source
Ruddy	Hazel	Brown

Date	Height	Source
1915-12-20	5'3"

Religion

Date	Religion	Source
	Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Media

WW1 Medals

WW1 medals kept by my father Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT

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WW1 Medals Reverse

WW1 medals kept by my father Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT

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WW2 Medals

WW2 medals kept by my father Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT

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WW2 Medals Reverse

WW2 medals kept by my father Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT

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Father and son, Royal and Merchant Navy

Douglas Wilson Gordon Barrett and his son Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT in their naval uniforms.

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Home address

Front pages of the service record of Kenneth Douglas Arthur BARRETT showing the name and address of his father Douglas Wilson Gordon BARRETT.

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Service Record Part 1a

Service record from joining the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class.

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Service Record Part 1b

Continuation of service record.

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Service Record Part 2

Continuation of service records when they were transferred to ADM-363.

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Service Record Part 3

Continuation of service records when they were transferred to ADM-363.

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Grandfather and granddaughter

This photo of Douglas Wilson Gordon BARRETT with his granddaughter Karen Elizabeth BARRETT aged 6 was taken by me aged 9 in the garden of my parents' house in Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire.

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Uniform of a Petty Officer 1st Class

My grandfather Douglas Wilson Gordon BARRETT (known as Gordon) joined the Royal Navy as a Greenwich School Boy 2nd Class on 29th May 1913 at the age of 15. He served in both WW1 and WW2, with a brief return to civilian life in the 1930s. He ended his service as a Petty Officer 1st Class and went on to work as an electrician in the Portland Naval Dockyard.

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Gravestone

Family grave in Melcombe Regis cementery, Weymouth, Dorset.

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4 Grove Avenue, Weymouth

The house rented by Douglas Wilson Gordon BARRETT.

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Official Records

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Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919

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Multimedia

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WW1 Medals	Paul39041
WW1 Medals Reverse	Paul39041
WW2 Medals	Paul39041
WW2 Medals Reverse	Paul39041
Father and son, Royal and Merchant Navy	Paul39041
Home address	Paul39041
Service Record Part 1a	Paul39041
Service Record Part 1b	Paul39041
Service Record Part 2	Paul39041
Service Record Part 3	Paul39041
Grandfather and granddaughter	Paul39041
Uniform of a Petty Officer 1st Class	Paul39041
Gravestone	Paul39041
4 Grove Avenue, Weymouth	Paul39041

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