Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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George Ellis BARBER
Able Seaman J/35652 (PO) George Ellis BARBER
HMS Narbrough Royal Navy
Killed in action, Saturday 12th January 1918, at sea off the Orkney Islands, age 19
| Home address: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1899, Croydon, Surrey |
| Parents: | Emma Barber and George Barber 12 Brook Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Cotton Spinner |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK, panel 29. |
| Link to Hyde: | Parents Lived in Hyde |
He was drowned when the destroyer HMS Narborough and her sister ship HMS Opal ran aground and were wrecked at the foot of the cliffs at Hesta Rock, just north of Windwick Bay, South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands, during a violent gale and snowstorm. Only one sailor survived the wreck, 188 were killed, most were never found.