| Surname: | Barnes |
| Initials: | F |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/6776 |
| Notes: | MFP. From Hampstead. Awarded the 1914 Star with clasp (8902) and rose, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 16/8/1914 (shown as 11/8/1914 on Middlesex Medal Roll), to 27/1/1915 and 1/4/1915 to 4/7/1916 and 17/8/1915. Formerly Pte. 1 Middlesex Regiment, No.11910. Medal card not found. Info from Middlesex and MFP Medal Rolls. 23/9/1907 he enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment, No. 11910, age 18.4, born Brockley, New Cross, occupation Green Grocer, address: 55 Ellerslie Road, Clapham, London SW and later 4 Ambleside Road, Willesden London NW. Served home 23/9/1907 to 1/6/1912, Home 12/6/1912 to 15/8/1914, BEF 16/8/2924 to 27/1/1915, Home 28/1/1915 to 31/3/1915, BEF 1/4/1915 to 4/7/1916, Home 5/7/1916 to 15/5/1919 to Army B Reserve, 22/9/1919 to discharge. 1/7/1916 he was wounded in action Shell Shock, HA 610, 22/2/1917 transferred to MFP. 16/11/1917 with PM 4 Army, 2/12/1917 PM 2 Army, 3/12/1917 APM L of C Abbeville, 18/1/1918 2 TC Company (awarded MM), 30/3/1919 DPM L of C Havre. 4/8/1915 he married Alice Ann Belfell, spinster at St Paul's Church Mill Hill, Middlesex, 16/11/1918 his son Frederick Bettel Barnes died of meningitis. He was a member of the Old Contemptible's Association. Frederick Barnes. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Military Medal (London Gazette: 30873 Page: 10114 Aug. 29, 1918) |
| Citation: | BEF France. |