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Serjeant

William Henry Barratt

Service Number 28393
Military Unit 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 03 Sep 1916 (Age Unknown)
Place of Birth Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies 1901, age 13, employed as an 'ordinary agricultural labourer. 1911, employed as a painter and paper hanger. At the time he enlisted he was employed as an attendant at Nottinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum, Saxondale.
Family History

Born Jan/Feb/Mar 1888, the son of John and Emma Barratt. 1891 census: living at Long Acre, Bingham, three children, William (3), Sam (2) and Walter (6m). 1901 census: living at Fairfield Road, Bingham, with two more children, John L (6) and Elizabeth (1). 1911 census, living at Morrises Row, Chapel Lane, Bingham, with one further child, Ethel (10).

Military History

Killed in action near Beaumont Hamel. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery (grave ref 6.D.28). Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Extra Information

Nottinghamshire County Council minutes of Committee of Visitors of Notts County Lunatic Asylum, 25 July 1916, Item 4, Staff: 'The Committee regret to report that W H Barratt of the Sherwood Foresters, late attendant, was killed on 3 September.'

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