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Gunner

Samuel Barlow

Service Number 97530
Military Unit A Bty 55th Bde Royal Field Artillery
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 26 Sep 1914 (32 Years Old)
Place of Birth Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies Unknown
Family History

Samuel Barlow was born in Worksop in 1883 to William and Elizabeth Barlow, and two years later he had a sister, Abigail, also born there. The Barlow’s had six children altogether but only four surviving. After 1885, the family moved on to 18 Wharf Lane, Newbold & Dunston, Chesterfield and 10 years later to 32 East Street Hasland, Chesterfield where Samuel was working as a colliery labourer. In 1906, Samuel married Beatrice Kate Broadhead at Rotherham and by 1911 had had a daughter who they named Mary Winifred born at 43 Fitzwilliam Street, Swinton, Yorks.

Military History

Samuel Barlow Samuel had been born in Worksop in 1883 and shortly after his family had moved to Hasland, Chesterfield. Samuel worked as a colliery labourer until he joined, and was already serving in the Royal Field Artillery in 1914 as a Gunner. He died at Curragh Barracks in Ireland (where he is buried in the Military Cemetery) on 26 September 1914 apparently due to natural causes. Courtesy of Robert Illett

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