Basic Details
Surname
Barley
Forenames
Allen George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Alan George
Served or died
Died
Service number
424547
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as 87 Taverner's Road, and his forenames as 'Allen George'.

(CWGC records that Corporal A G Barley, regimental number 424547, died on 6/4/1917 while serving in the 43rd Battalion of the Canadian Infantry; he is buried in grave I.E.11 of Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery in France. When his death at the age of 22 was announced on 14/4/1917 in the Peterborough Advertiser, it was reported that he had been engaged on the staff of N.C.O. instructors at an HQ defensive gas school for several months, and was due to become a commissioned gas officer. He and his comrades who were killed in the same explosion were reported to have been buried on Easter Sunday. After leaving school in Southampton, Alan was reported to have emigrated to Canada, where he had joined a volunteer Regiment and become a farmer. He had later joined the Canadian Infantry. He was stated to have visited his parents in Peterborough in 1916).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Cameron Highlanders
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
43rd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
6
Manner of death as stated
Accidentally killed by explosion whilst attached to 2nd Army Headquarters Gas School
Manner of death reference
Other
Personal Details
Address
87 TAVERNERS ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial