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Surname: BARNES
Forename(s): Reuben
Place of Birth: Tosside, Yorkshire
Service No: 27789
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 3rd Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1917-04-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. A. 36.
CWGC Cemetery: TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Reuben Barnes was the son of John and Alice Barnes, née Fell. Both parents were born at Tosside, Yorkshire.
1891 Tosside, Yorkshire Census: Snape House - Rheuben Barnes, aged 5 years, born Tosside, son of John and Alice Barnes.
1901 Tosside, Yorkshire Census: Snape House - Reuben Barnes, aged 15 years, born Tosside, son of John and Alice Barnes.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Ferndale, Richmond Road - Reuben Barnes, aged 25 years, born Tosside, Yorkshire, son of Alice Barnes. [In 1911 Reuben's father, was living at Snape House, Tosside, with his daughter Lizzie and son-in-law, Thomas Hanson Huddleston. The future Sergeant Thomas Heaps (436538) (q.v.) was also employed there at the time.]
Reuben was married to Mabel Tattersall in 1915. On 4 November 1919 Mabel married C.Q.M.S. William Francis Gardner, 7178, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers.
The British Army Service Record for Reuben Barnes exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Reuben Barnes, 27789, E. York. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Reuben Barnes, 27789, 8th E. York. R. Killed in Action.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Reuben Barnes, 27789, 8th Bn E. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 9-13.4.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Mabel. £4 19s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Reuben. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mabel, born 31.10.94. Address: 32, Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. Now Gardner (remarried).
Reuben was killed in action during the First Battle of the Scarpe, 1917, 9-14 April.
A short biography of Reuben is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BAINES, Reuben, aged 31 years, East Lancs. Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baines, 243, Gisburn Road, [Barnoldswick], killed in action April 11, 1917.
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Private Reuben BARNES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Yorkshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 3rd Division
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27 April 1917
BARNES - April 11th 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Pte. Reuben Barnes, East Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes, 243, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, aged 31 years.
27 April 1917
BARNOLDSWICK - KILLED IN ATTACK
Confirmation was received on Wednesday of the death of Pte. Reuben Barnes, East Yorkshire Regiment, he having been killed in action on the 11th inst, when his battalion were making an attack on the third German line, which they eventually took. Pte. Barnes was 31 years of age and married. He had been in France since January last. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes, 243 Gisburn Road, and formerly of Gill House Farm. A fitter by trade he took part in the erection of the new gas plant at Barnoldswick Gas Works. One of his brothers is in Mesopotamia where he has recently returned to the fighting line after being wounded.
12 April 1918
BARNES - April 9th, at 243, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, Alice, wife of John Barnes, aged 61 years.
[Mother of Pte. Reuben Barnes, killed in action, 13 April 1917.]
12 April 1918
BARNES - In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Reuben Barnes, who was killed in action in France, April 11th, 1917.
Sleep on, dear brother, in a soldier's grave,
Your life for your country you nobly gave;
No loved ones near to say good-bye,
But safe in God's keeping now you lie.
Some day we hope to meet you
Some day we know not when,
To clasp your hand in the Better Land,
Never to part again.
From his sister Sissie and all at home, 243 Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick; and his brothers who are serving in Mesopotamia and France.
BARNES - In loving memory of Private Reuben Barnes, East Yorks. Regiment, killed in action in France, April 1lth. 1917.
From his loving Wife, 32, Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick.
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04 June 1915
BARNOLDWICK NEWS - Marriage
The marriage took place at Gill Church on Tuesday, of Mr. Reuben Barnes, of Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, and Miss Mabel Tattersall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ormerod Tattersall, of Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick. Both are well-known in the district, in which they will continue to reside. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F.W. Patten (vicar), and the bride was given away by her brother, Mr. James Henry Tattersall. The bridesmaids were Misses Alice Barnes and Sarah Hoyle, and Mr. Charles Harrison acted as best man. The happy couple have been the recipients of a number of handsome presents.
04 June 1915
MARRIAGES
BARNES - TATTERSALL - June 1st, at Gill Church, Barnoldswick, Reuben Barnes, of Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, to Mabel Tattersall, of Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick.
27 April 1917
BAINES [BARNES] - Killed in action in France April 11th, Pte. Reuben Baines, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baines, of 243, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, aged 31.
27 April 1917
ANOTHER BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER KILLED
Confirmation was received on Wednesday evening of the death of Pte. Reuben Barnes, East Yorkshire Regiment, he having been killed in action on the 11th instant, when his battalion were making an attack on the third German line, which they eventually took. Pte. Barnes was 31 years of age and married. He had been in France since January last. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes, 243 Gisburn Road, and formerly of Gill House Farm. A fitter by trade, he took part in the erection of the new gas plant at Barnoldswick Gas Works. One of his brothers is in Mesopotamia, where he has recently returned to the fighting line after being wounded.
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