=BARDEN, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5332), S.S. 100101, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARDSLEY, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3163), S.S. 100826, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARKER, CECIL MASSY ARBUTHNOT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, 3rd and yst. _s._ of Samuel Lindsey-Bucknal Barker, of Belfast and Dublin, by his wife, Catherine Maude, dau. of the Rev. Moses Leatham, Rector of Langfield; _b._ Belfast, 21 Sept. 1895; educ. Campbell College, Belfast, and Trinity College, Dublin; a candidate for Holy Orders, he was gazetted from Dublin University O.T.C. to be 2nd Lieut. 6th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 22 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, and was killed in action “when bravely leading his men in a splendid attack on a difficult position” at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, 10 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, the Rev. E. L. B. Barker, is now (1916) serving as Chaplain to the Ulster Division.
[Illustration: =Cecil Massy Arbuthnot Barker.=]
=BARKER, ERNEST=, Leading Seaman, Collingwood Battn., Tyneside, 6/213, R.N.D., R.N.V.R., 2nd _s._ of John Barker, Lifton House, Newcastle, Assistant General Secretary of the Boilermakers’ Society and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders’ Society, a member of the Newcastle City Council, by his wife, Laura Jane, dau. of John Leeson, of Crewe, Chester; _b._ Horwich, near Bolton, Lancs., 13 May, 1895; educ. Council schools, Bolton and Newcastle; joined the Tyneside Naval Volunteers, Jan. 1914; killed in action in the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ Seaman Barker was formerly in the employment of Messrs. R. Robinson & Co., Ltd., wholesale stationers, Clavering Place, Newcastle. His elder brother is now (1916) serving in France with the 19th (Commercial Battn.) Northumberland Fusiliers.
=BARKER, GODFREY=, Major, Royal Marine L.I., Drake Battn., R.N.D., 4th _s._ of Col. Sir Francis Barker, of Essex Lodge, Folkestone, late R.A., by his wife, Jessie, only child of the late John Foster; _b._ Malta, 13 Jan. 1883; educ. King Edward’s School, Birmingham, privately, and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.M.L.I., 1 Sept. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1902, and Capt. 1 Sept. 1912. He served successively on board H.M.S. Firequeen, Magnificent, Exmouth, Victory, Europa, Powerful, Eclipse, Terrible, Hampshire, Prince George, Royal Arthur, and Prince of Wales, and received excellent certificates from his commanding officers. He had qualified as an instructor in physical training. At the outbreak of the war he was appointed Major and Adjutant of the Drake Battn., R.N.D., and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._
=BARKER, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4600), S.S. 1379, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARKER, NOAH=, Private, No. 4467, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of the late William Barker, by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Ketley Sands, Wellington, co. Salop, 22 July, 1881; educ. Board School there; enlisted 21 Nov. 1901; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914, and _d._ at Rentel, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at Denaby, near Rotherham, Yorks, 12 Nov. 1905, Rose (10, Albert Street, South Kirkby, near Wakefield), dau. of Samuel Alfred Hodgetts, and had a dau.: Edith Florence, _b._ 13 Feb. 1906.
[Illustration: =Noah Barker.=]
=BARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7987), S.S. 102800, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARKS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7281, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only child of Abraham Barks, Wales Bar, co. York, by his wife, Emily; _b._ Clowne, co. Derby, 7 July, 1888; educ. Wales School, Wales Bar, Yorks; enlisted 3 June, 1907, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Hampstead, 27 Sept. 1913, Elizabeth Florence (48, Junction Road, Highgate, N.), dau. of Thomas Rumble, and had a posthumous child: Kathleen Elizabeth, _b._ 24 Sept. 1914. Two of his brothers-in-law, Private Charles Rumble and Gunner Fred Rumble, were killed in action.
=BARKS, ISAAC=, Private, No. 14293, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Isaac Barks, of 91, Pembroke Road, New Southport; served with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Kemmel, 28 Dec. 1914.
=BARLEY, JOHN=, Private, No. 8147, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Barley, of Broughton, Miner, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Robert Sharp, of Broughton; _b._ Broughton, 6 April, 1876; educ. there; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt., 24 Nov. 1893; served nine years in the Regulars and three in the Reserve, and saw service in Khartoum and Atbara (medal with two bars), South Africa (medal), and Soudan (medal with two bars). On mobilisation he was called up, served in France and Flanders, and was wounded in Nov. 1914; afterwards went back to the front, and _d._ of wounds received in action at Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915. Private Barley _m._ at Leeds, 21 April, 1905, Elizabeth Ann (7, New Broughton, near Brigg, Lincoln), dau. of William Hyke, and had one son and five daus.; Thomas William _b._ 3 Oct. 1905; Gladys Gwendolen, _b._ 21 Dec. 1906; Evylyn Kitty, _b._ 16 Oct. 1908; Nancy, _b._ 19 July, 1910; Amy Winifred, _b._ 10 Aug. 1912; and Joyce Attra, _b._ 14 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =John Barley.=]
=BARLING, HENRY WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 281047, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARLING, WILLIAM BINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of William Barling, of The Paddocks, Newnham-on-Severn, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of Seymour Bingham; _b._ at Newnham, co. Gloucester, 1892; educ. Beresford House, Gloucester; The Priory, Great Malvern; and Dean’s Close, Cheltenham, and on leaving the latter became a student at Wye College; was elected to a Fellowship of the Surveyor’s Institute, and became a member of the Inland Revenue Valuation Department at Gloucester, a post he held for three years. On the declaration of war he enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battn. of the Gloucesters about 12 Aug.; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 6th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 2 Dec. 1914, and was put on the Officers’ Reserve. He went to France on 19 Feb., and reached the firing line on 23 Feb., where he was attached to the 3rd Battn. of the regt. A wire from the War Office came on 16 March “reported missing, believed killed,” and the last authoritative information concerning his death was contained in a letter from his Colonel. The letter said when last seen Lieut. Barling was very bravely leading his platoon in a determined assault against an enemy’s trench, and was believed to be killed. A corpl. concerned in this particular advance reported he stumbled over an officer whom he believed to be Lieut. Barling. The trench, which a very few men succeeded in reaching, had to be evacuated at nightfall, and is still (1916) in the enemy’s hands. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =William Bingham Barling.=]
=BARLOW, CHARLES ERNEST=, Corpl. No. 964, 2nd Home Counties (T.F.) R.E., only _s._ of the late Joshua Barlow, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Cann; _b._ Soho, London, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. St. Anne’s School there; was a chauffeur; enlisted Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and died 30 June, 1915, of wounds received in action in France. He _m._ at Walthamstow, Essex, 18 Jan. 1914, Lilian (6, Church Street, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of John Todd, and had issue a dau., Marie Lilian, _b._ 31 Jan. 1915.
=BARLOW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9666), S.S. 107176, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARLOW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11741, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATT-BARLOW, BERNHARD ALEXANDER=, Commander R.N., elder _s._ of Charles James Pratt-Barlow, of Roxby, The Hoe, Plymouth, by his wife, Rosa Caroline, yr. dau. of the late William Gladstone, D.L., J.P., of 58, Queen’s Gate, London, S.W.; _b._ St. George’s Road, London, S.W., 10 Sept. 1874; educ. Brighton (Mr. W. R. Lee, of Norfolk Terrace), and Royal Naval College, Gosport; joined H.M.S. Britannia as a Naval Cadet in Jan. 1889, being rated midshipman three years later. He was promoted Sub-Lieut. 31 May, 1896, Lieut. 31 Aug. 1897, and Commander 31 Dec. 1908. As a naval cadet he served in the Trafalgar, flagship of Rear-Admirals Lord Walter Kerr, A. H. Markham, and C. G. Domvile, on the Mediterranean Station, July, 1891; the Warspite, flagship of Rear-Admiral Drummond, commanding “D” Fleet in the Naval Manœuvres of July, 1894; and the Active, flying the broad pennant of Commodore R. H. Harris, in the Training Squadron, Sept. 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad pennant of Commodore G. L. Atkinson from May, 1896, to June, 1897, when he was appointed to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, in which he was present at the Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead the same month. At the end of August following he was promoted to Lieut. and appointed to the Majestic, flagship of Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson in the Channel Squadron--the flag Capt. being Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B. He was flag Lieut. to Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont on the Pacific station, March, 1899, and on the Australian station to January, 1903. He commanded the destroyers Sturgeon, Contest and Osprey, all at Devonport, and in June, 1903, was appointed 1st Lieut. of H.M.S. Antrim. He was 1st Lieut. at the R.N. Barracks, Devonport, from July, 1907, to the end of 1908, when he was advanced to Commander. In that rank he commanded the destroyers Kale and Rattlesnake, both in the second Destroyer Flotilla, and was commander of H.M.S. Irresistible and of H.M.S. Centurion. He commanded H.M.S. Hawke in the Training Squadron at Queenstown from Jan. 1914, until she was commissioned for war service. Commander Pratt-Barlow lost his life in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915, when H.M.S. Hawke was torpedoed by a German submarine. After the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke, Capt. Charles J. Wintour, of H.M.S. Swift, wrote the following letter: “I was instrumental in picking up the survivors of the Hawke from the rafts, and I took them in the Swift to harbour. I at once asked one of the survivors as to the commander, and he told me that he had been on his (the survivor’s) raft, and seeing that there were too many men on the raft said: ‘There are too many men on the raft, I will swim to another.’ He was never seen again, but his self-sacrificing action was undoubtedly the means of saving others. I would like you to know how deeply I grieve at his loss, and also that you should know that his very last act was one of unselfish bravery.” He _m._ at Canon Ffrome, co. Hereford, 17 June, 1903, Dorothy Nesta, yr. dau. of the late Walter Baskerville, D.L., J.P., of Clyro Court, co. Radnor, and left a dau., Mary Pamela, _b._ 17 June, 1905.