Basic Details
Surname
Barnett
Forenames
Charles Frederick Robert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website states: 'Charles Frederick Robert was born in Reading, the elder son of Francis Carew Charles Barnett, a banker, and Emily Ursula Hamilton. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church. On 4 February 1903 he married Cicely Frances Cornish, daughter of the Revd Stephen Cornish of Gloucester. On the 1911 census, Charles is a Motor Car Agent and Garage Proprietor, and they are living in Gloucester.
He joined the Gloucestershire Regiment on 4 August 1914 and was killed at Hill 60, around three miles south-east of Ypres, on 20 April 1915, three weeks after the birth of the youngest of his four children. His Estate amounted to £5085 4s 1d. Probate granted to his father and Charles Vaughan Knight MD.
[His elder son, Oliver Charles Barnett, became Judge Advocate General and was knighted in 1968.]
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Hill 60, Zillebeke, Ypres
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ploegstreert Wood
Cemetery
Military Cemetery
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
20
Age at death
35
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action