Notes
He is listed on the memorial as having been a scholar at the school. The school website (see References) states: ‘Private James Barnes was the son of Thomas and Martha Barnes, of 31A, Ridge Hill Lane, Stalybridge. He had two brothers Ernest and Percy and a sister. Before the war he was studying to become a teacher at Manchester Training College and he was living at 8, Gerrard Street, Stalybridge. He was killed in the Dardanelles on the 11th August 1915 after he had volunteered to charge a Turkish position. He is also commemorated at Stalybridge War Memorial. He left a wife, Lily who he married in the Register Office in 1914, possibly just before he sailed reference RM/122/158.'