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1887; educ. Broomwood College there and privately. On completing his
education, Lieut. Barnes entered the engineering profession, and was
particularly interested in marine engineering and aircraft. He attained
the position of manager of Smokeless Appliances, Ltd., an advisory and
manufacturing company, of Victoria Street, Westminster. He resigned
this on the outbreak of the war, and offered his services to the War
Office and Admiralty. He received his commission as Flight Sub-Lieut.
in the Naval Air Service, and was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke on 12
Oct. 1914, was transferred to Hendon Flying Station in Nov. and gained
his Pilot's Certificate in Dec. Early in 1915 he was appointed to the
staff and placed in charge of the mechanics at the station. Later on he
was gazetted Flight-Lieut., and was promoted to the command at Hendon.
At the time of his death he was designated to the command of the more
important station at ..., and was about to take up his duties there. On
the night of the first air raid on London, 31 May-1 June, Lieut. Barnes
received warning of the approach of the Zeppelins at 11.30 p.m., and
at once went out on a large Sopworth biplane. He sighted a Zeppelin
at ..., and chased it for many miles in various directions ..., but
finally lost it, and met his death at 2.30 a.m. in endeavouring to land
in darkness and mist. The subjoined official account, furnished by the
Admiralty, gives further particulars of Lieut. Barnes' exploit: "This
officer lost his life in a very gallant attempt to destroy a Zeppelin
which was attacking London on the night of 31 May, and if only weather
conditions had been a little more favourable it is likely that the
result would have been quite as successful as in the case of Flight
Sub-Lieut. Warneford's complete destruction of a Zeppelin in the air
in Flanders. The ascent was made in the dark, and it is probable that
after chasing the Zeppelin he missed her owing to the hazy weather, and
then found it necessary to land in order to find his position, and in
doing so found himself surrounded by low-lying fog, entirely obscuring
the ground. After a careful inspection it was found that the machine
struck the ground at an abnormally high speed, bounced twice, and then
turned over on its back completely, and there seems to be no doubt
that Lieut. Barnes was killed outright.... It is felt that the highest
praise is due to these officers who, in defence of their country,
cheerfully carry out such hazardous flights at night under extremely
dangerous conditions. (Signed) MURRAY F. SUETER, Commodore,
R.N." He was buried in Nunhead cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Douglas Meston Barnes.=]
=BARNES, EDWARD ERNEST=, Sergt., No. 65046, 24th Battn. (Victoria
Rifles of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Frederick Barnes, of 21, Lasalle Street, Lachine, P.Q., Canada, by
his wife, Jennie, dau. of William Sheppard, of Ipswich; _b._
Faversham, co. Kent, 18 July, 1892; educ. Davington School; went to
Canada on 30 May, 1912, was employed at National Brick Co., Delson,
Quebec; volunteered for Imperial service, and enlisted in Jan. 1915;
left for England with the Second Contingent; went to France, 12 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action in Belgium, 18 Nov. 1915. He _m._
at St. Columbia Church, Montreal West, 1 April, 1915, Minnie Victoria
(103, Effra Road, Haydon's Road, Wimbledon), dau. of Frederick
Grumbridge, of Wandsworth, ex-Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police;
_s.p._
=BARNES, FREDERICK=, S.P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4240), 167803,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, FREDERICK FRANCIS= ("Eric"), Private, No. 19991, 5th
Platoon, 10th Battn., 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of Frederick Barnes, of Alexandra College, Shirley,
Southampton, Officer in Mercantile Marine, by his wife, Amy Maude,
dau. of William Francis Mayass; _b._ Alexandra College, Shirley,
Southampton, 30 May, 1894; educ. Taunton School, Somerset; and was in
the Canadian Bank of Commerce, first at Calgary and then at Youngstown,
Alberta. He volunteered for Imperial service directly war was declared,
came over to England with the first contingent, and after training on
Salisbury Plain during the winter, left for the front on 10 Feb. He
took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and in the second Battle of
Ypres, at the latter of which the 10th Battn. distinguished itself
by recovering the wood of St. Julien, losing three-fourths of its
strength and nearly every officer. At Festubert, on 22 May, 1915, the
10th Battn. recovered some trenches from the Germans, and while they
were being made habitable, Barnes was struck by a shell and killed
instantly. His commanding officer wrote: "He was a good soldier and a
brave man." He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Francis Barnes.=]
=BARNES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9548, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt.; _s._ of Edmund Barnes, of 75, Gibbon Road, Peckham; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 25 May, 1915.
=BARNES, HERBERT PLUME=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9615), S.S.
106968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BARNES, JOHN=, Private, No. 10159, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Carlisle; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; served with Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; reported missing 25 Jan. 1915.
=BARNES, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 967), Ch.
7252, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, PHILIP CHARLES=, Officer's Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2874,
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Barnes, of 48, Iffley Road, Oxford;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARNES, SYDNEY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24950, H.M.S. Arethusa;
killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BARNES, THOMAS=, Blacksmith, 344039, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3907), 168377, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4580),
192725, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARNETT, JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(T.F.), only child of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Barnett, of Hafton, Kilmarnock,
co. Ayr, V.D., commanding 2/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), by his
wife, Nellie, dau. of Hugh Barnett; _b._ Kilmarnock, 7 March,
1895; educ. Kilmarnock Academy, Irvine Royal Academy, and Glasgow
University, where he distinguished himself as a prizeman in Logic,
Latin, English and Political Economy, and was Secretary of the
University Dialectic Society. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. of
the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 14 Aug. 1913. On the outbreak of war the
entire battn. volunteered for foreign service, and proceeded to the
Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915. Lieut. Barnett fell while leading the
charge in the battle of 12 July, 1915, at the head of his |