BARNETT A.

Albert Barnett

Lance Corporal 25872

7th Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Albert Barnett died on 26th September 1916, aged 19 years, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

He was born c1897 at Leeds, to Laurence and Emily Barnett (nee Labron). On the 1901 census, Emily Barnett and her four children were visiting her brother, Walter Labron, who lived at Elm Street, Leeds. In 1916, Mr & Mrs Barnett resided at the Rifle Volunteer Inn, Skegby, Notts.

Albert Barnett's elder brother, George Labron Barnett, is also remembered on the Skegby War Memorial.

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 27th September 1918

Barnett - In loving memory of my dear brother, Albert, Lance Corporal, 7th K.O.Y.L.I., killed in action, September 26th, 1916, at Guillemont, Somme. O sacred heart of Jesus, How heavy is my cross, 'Tis thee alone who knoweth, my sad and bitter loss. However long my life will last, Whatever land I view, Whatever joys or cares be mine, I will remember you. - Ever remembered by brother Tom, "Wireless", Royal Engineers, France.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry'

BARNETT Albert. Born Leeds, Yorks, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 7th Bn., Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, L/Cpl 25872, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 26th September 1916.

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Research by Heather Faulkes