[Illustration: =B. A. Pratt-Barlow, R.N.=]
=BARNARD, PHILIP=, Seaman, R.N.R. 35140, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARD, REUBEN GEORGE=, Ship’s Steward, 341409, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287572, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARDIER, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1768), Ch. 14072, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNDEN, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7435), S.S. 102658, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARNES, ARTHUR=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, M. 6714 (Devon.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6462, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Alfred Barnes of 59, Hervey Park Road, Walthamstow; _b._ co. Essex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; _d._ 1 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=BARNES, CHARLES=, Plumber, 346127, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, No. 2187, 10th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); _d._ in India 1 Sept., 1914, while on active service.
=BARNES, DOUGLAS MESTON=, Flight-Lieut., Royal Naval Air Service, _s._ of George Frederick Barnes, of Tulse Hill Park, A.S.I., by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Clapham, co. Surrey, 19 June, 1887; educ. Broomwood College there and privately. On completing his education, Lieut. Barnes entered the engineering profession, and was particularly interested in marine engineering and aircraft. He attained the position of manager of Smokeless Appliances, Ltd., an advisory and manufacturing company, of Victoria Street, Westminster. He resigned this on the outbreak of the war, and offered his services to the War Office and Admiralty. He received his commission as Flight Sub-Lieut. in the Naval Air Service, and was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke on 12 Oct. 1914, was transferred to Hendon Flying Station in Nov. and gained his Pilot’s Certificate in Dec. Early in 1915 he was appointed to the staff and placed in charge of the mechanics at the station. Later on he was gazetted Flight-Lieut., and was promoted to the command at Hendon. At the time of his death he was designated to the command of the more important station at ..., and was about to take up his duties there. On the night of the first air raid on London, 31 May-1 June, Lieut. Barnes received warning of the approach of the Zeppelins at 11.30 p.m., and at once went out on a large Sopworth biplane. He sighted a Zeppelin at ..., and chased it for many miles in various directions ..., but finally lost it, and met his death at 2.30 a.m. in endeavouring to land in darkness and mist. The subjoined official account, furnished by the Admiralty, gives further particulars of Lieut. Barnes’ exploit: “This officer lost his life in a very gallant attempt to destroy a Zeppelin which was attacking London on the night of 31 May, and if only weather conditions had been a little more favourable it is likely that the result would have been quite as successful as in the case of Flight Sub-Lieut. Warneford’s complete destruction of a Zeppelin in the air in Flanders. The ascent was made in the dark, and it is probable that after chasing the Zeppelin he missed her owing to the hazy weather, and then found it necessary to land in order to find his position, and in doing so found himself surrounded by low-lying fog, entirely obscuring the ground. After a careful inspection it was found that the machine struck the ground at an abnormally high speed, bounced twice, and then turned over on its back completely, and there seems to be no doubt that Lieut. Barnes was killed outright.... It is felt that the highest praise is due to these officers who, in defence of their country, cheerfully carry out such hazardous flights at night under extremely dangerous conditions. (Signed) MURRAY F. SUETER, Commodore, R.N.” He was buried in Nunhead cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Douglas Meston Barnes.=]
=BARNES, EDWARD ERNEST=, Sergt., No. 65046, 24th Battn. (Victoria Rifles of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Barnes, of 21, Lasalle Street, Lachine, P.Q., Canada, by his wife, Jennie, dau. of William Sheppard, of Ipswich; _b._ Faversham, co. Kent, 18 July, 1892; educ. Davington School; went to Canada on 30 May, 1912, was employed at National Brick Co., Delson, Quebec; volunteered for Imperial service, and enlisted in Jan. 1915; left for England with the Second Contingent; went to France, 12 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action in Belgium, 18 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at St. Columbia Church, Montreal West, 1 April, 1915, Minnie Victoria (103, Effra Road, Haydon’s Road, Wimbledon), dau. of Frederick Grumbridge, of Wandsworth, ex-Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police; _s.p._
=BARNES, FREDERICK=, S.P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4240), 167803, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, FREDERICK FRANCIS= (“Eric”), Private, No. 19991, 5th Platoon, 10th Battn., 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Barnes, of Alexandra College, Shirley, Southampton, Officer in Mercantile Marine, by his wife, Amy Maude, dau. of William Francis Mayass; _b._ Alexandra College, Shirley, Southampton, 30 May, 1894; educ. Taunton School, Somerset; and was in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, first at Calgary and then at Youngstown, Alberta. He volunteered for Imperial service directly war was declared, came over to England with the first contingent, and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, left for the front on 10 Feb. He took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and in the second Battle of Ypres, at the latter of which the 10th Battn. distinguished itself by recovering the wood of St. Julien, losing three-fourths of its strength and nearly every officer. At Festubert, on 22 May, 1915, the 10th Battn. recovered some trenches from the Germans, and while they were being made habitable, Barnes was struck by a shell and killed instantly. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a good soldier and a brave man.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Francis Barnes.=]
=BARNES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9548, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt.; _s._ of Edmund Barnes, of 75, Gibbon Road, Peckham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 25 May, 1915.
=BARNES, HERBERT PLUME=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9615), S.S. 106968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, JOHN=, Private, No. 10159, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Carlisle; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; served with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported missing 25 Jan. 1915.
=BARNES, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 967), Ch. 7252, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, PHILIP CHARLES=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2874, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Barnes, of 48, Iffley Road, Oxford; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARNES, SYDNEY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24950, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BARNES, THOMAS=, Blacksmith, 344039, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3907), 168377, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4580), 192725, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARNETT, JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), only child of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Barnett, of Hafton, Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, V.D., commanding 2/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), by his wife, Nellie, dau. of Hugh Barnett; _b._ Kilmarnock, 7 March, 1895; educ. Kilmarnock Academy, Irvine Royal Academy, and Glasgow University, where he distinguished himself as a prizeman in Logic, Latin, English and Political Economy, and was Secretary of the University Dialectic Society. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 14 Aug. 1913. On the outbreak of war the entire battn. volunteered for foreign service, and proceeded to the Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915. Lieut. Barnett fell while leading the charge in the battle of 12 July, 1915, at the head of his men and just as they reached the Turkish trenches. He was buried along with another officer near the spot where he fell. A cross bearing his name marks the spot. Lieut. Barnett, prior to joining his battn., acted as Lieut. and afterwards as Capt. of the Irvine Royal Academy Cadet Corps. He also was the first Boy Scout to be enrolled in Ayrshire, and was the patrol leader of the 1st Ayrshire Troop. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a brave lad throughout it all, and that was not the only instance. He showed himself on previous occasions full of bravery and determination and a true British officer, and we have lost one we can ill afford. I have had occasion to notice and admire his bravery since we came out here, but especially on the morning when Capt. L.... was killed. I had a very urgent and important message to send through and across a part that meant danger. He immediately volunteered when I asked for volunteers, and did the work splendidly. Throughout the whole time here, and on many trying occasions, he showed the true British blood of a brave and true soldier boy.” The Brig.-Gen. of the Brigade also wrote: “All who knew your son were unanimous in their praise of his devotion to duty and fearlessness. The regt. has lost a most valuable young officer, and one who will not be easily replaced.”