BARNETT G.

George Labron Barnett

Private 25714

8th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Notts Free Press, 6th April 1917

George Labron Barnett died on Saturday 1st July 1916, age 21, and was buried in BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILE WOOD, Somme, France. He was buried in the same cemetery as another local casualty, William Henry Butterworth, who died on the same day.

He was born c1895 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.

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

Notts Free Press, 18th August 1916

Notts Free Press, 6th April 1917

Notts Free Press, 5th July 1918 Notts Free Press, 12th July 1918

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

BARNETT George Labron. Born Leeds, Yorks, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 8th Bn., Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Private 25714, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 1st July 1916.

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Research by Heather Faulkes