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Surname: BARBER
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Armley, Yorkshire
Service No: 267108
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-10-31
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: S. III. I. 23.
CWGC Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Barber was the son of James Rogers and Emma Barber, née Gillbank. James was born at Hull and Emma at Armley, Yorkshire.
1901 Armley, Yorkshire Census: 16, Hope Grove - William Barbor, aged 9 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of James and Emma Barbor.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 29, Eastgate, Millfields - William Barber, aged 19 years, born Armley, Yorkshire, son of Emma Barber, widow.
The British Army Service Record for William Barber exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Barber, 267108, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Barber, 267108, 2/6 W. Rid. R.; 2/7 W. Rid. R.; 1/7 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 31.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Barber, 267108, 1/7 Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 31.10.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Emma. £24 18s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for William. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Emma Barber, born 1859. Relationship: Mother. Address 1. 42, Westgate, Skipton, Yorks. Address 2. 13, Gas Street, Skipton, Yorks.
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:
BARKER, Wm., W.R.R., 42, Westgate, [Skipton], died of wounds Oct. 31, 1918.
BARBER, Wm., Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mrs. Barber, 42, Westgate, Skipton, died of wounds, Rouen, Oct. 31, 1918.
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Private William BARBER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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15 November 1918
Private William Barber, Skipton
Official news was received last week-end that Private William Barber, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Barber, 42 Westgate, Skipton, had died on October 31st, following amputation of his left arm at No 5 General Hospital, Rouen, France, necessitated by shell wounds received during the recent advance of our troops. He had also been seriously wounded in the right leg. We tender our sympathy to the widowed mother, to whom the distressing news came as a great shock.
15 November 1918
BARBER - October 31st, 1918, died from wounds in the hospital at Rouen, Private W. Barber, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Barber, 42 Westgate, Skipton, aged 25 years.
We little thought when we said good-bye
We had parted for ever and you were to die;
Oh, the grief that it gives us words cannot tell!
For we could not be with you to bid you fare-well.
From his sorrowing Mother and Friends.
07 November 1919
BARBER - In loving memory of my dear son, Pte. W. Barber, 1/7th West Riding Regt., who died of wounds Oct. 31st, 1918, at Rouen.
Far away in a hero's grave
Lies one we loved but could not save;
But his memory is just as dear to-day,
Though one long year has passed away.
From his loving Mother and Friend, 42 Westgate.
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15 November 1918
Skipton Soldier Dies of Wounds
Pte. Wm. Barber, son of Mrs. Barber, of 42 Westgate, Skipton, died of wounds in No. 5 General Hospital, Rouen, on Oct. 31st. Mrs. Barber received a letter from the nurse at the hospital informing her that her son had been admitted to the hospital suffering from shell wounds in the right arm, and that it had been found necessary to amputate the limb. Later Mrs. Barber received a telegram from the War Office that her son had passed away. Pte. Barber went out to France with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and was home on leave in March last.
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