Private 14968 William BARNETT
6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died of Wounds, Sunday 12th March 1916, France, Age 20
Home address:
18 Martin Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1896 Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Rebecca Barnett and John Barnett
18 Martin Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cotton Weaver
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France, plot II, row C, grave 219.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
He was admitted to hospital on February 27th 1916 with wounds to the shoulder, legs and forearm from a shell. His left leg was amputated and it was thought that he might recover, but he died on March 12th 1916.
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his father:
ALL WHO WEAR
THE SCOUT LIKE SIGN