Lance Corporal 12866 William BARLOW
7th Battalion, Border Regiment
Died of Wounds, Friday 12th October 1917, Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, Age 18
Home address:
28 Wood St, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1899, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Emma Barlow and John Barlow
14 Bank Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Florence Barlow (née Hadfield)
28 Wood St, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Collier, New Moss Colliery
Enlisted:
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Remembered:
Dozinghem Millitary Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, plot XI, row H, grave 9.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Died of a gunshot wound in side of stomach and left arm.
When he was injured he asked for a cigarette to be lit and placed in his mouth before the stretcher bearers took him to the casualty clearing station, where he died.
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
In memory of the boys, who made the supreme sacrifice:
J. Lindley, W. Barlow, J. Hardinge, F. Moss, G. Froggatt;
also their late secretary, W. Wallworth.
From Mrs. Platt (hon. treas.).