Welcome to the Barnes Family Web Site:
Herbert Robert Albert Barnes enlisted in 1916 and served in France, Salonika and Palestine before returning to France late 1918. He was killed on the 18th September in the Battle of Epehy Wood. Robert Harry Barnes was killed on the Somme on the 27th February 1917, he has no known grave - his name is inscribed on the Theipval Memorial.
The Gosling family, eight brothers that served in the Army and Royal Navy, one of whom; Arthur Ennis Gosling was killed on the Western Front on the 5th October 1918. He was twenty-three years old. He is buried in the Busigny Communal Cemetery.
Picture of the Day
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from falling hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lt Colonel John McCrae 1872-1918
Gunner 1597, 2nd Sussex Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Ernest John Barnes:
Private 7773, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Herbert Albert Robert Barnes:
Private 721131, 24th Battalion, County of London Regiment
William Edward Barnes:
Lance Corporal, 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment
Robert Harry Barnes:
Private G/21135, 7th Battalion The Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
Lance Corporal, Robert William Sculpher, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Killed in Action, France and Flanders 1st November 1914.
Private Isaac Sculpher, Coldstream Guards.
Died of wounds, France and Flanders 26th January 1915.
Private George Richard Sculpher, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in Action, France and Flanders 1st July 1916.
Lance Corporal, Arthur James Block, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
Died France and Flanders, aged 26 on the 21st August 1916.
Private John Edward Barnes, 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
Died France 4th July 1917.
Gunner Bertie William Sculpher, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Died, Italy 18th July 1917.
Sergeant William Sculpher, Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds, France and Flanders 25th October 1917.
Private Clarence Edwin Sculpher, 10th Battalion, Prince of Wales Own.
Killed in action, France and Flanders 18th November 1917.
Rifleman John Ruddell, 18th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corp.
Died France and Flanders, aged 28 on the 28th March 1918.
Private Arthur John Sculpher, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
Killed in Action, France and Flanders 12th April 1918.
