BARNETT Edwin Bertram Capt

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Surname: BARNETT;

Forename(s): Edwin Bertram;

Initials: EB;

Rank: Capt;

Born in: Newport, Mon.;

Previous Battalion: 8 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: Unknown;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 30-Oct-1917;

Other Data: TF Attestation: Edwin Bertram Barnett, No 2326 1 County of London Yeomanry. Born Newport, Mon 27/3/1887, now aged 21 yrs 1m, Civil Servant, Board of Education, London, of 168 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, NW. Educated: Monkton Hse Sch, Cardiff and Kings College, London. Enlisted 9/11/1906 for 3 yrs. Renewed 7/4/1908 to 11/5/1912 (Cpl 30/7/1911)
Letter: 22/4/1912 from OC 25 (C of London) Cyclist Bn, London Regt. To Secretary, TF Asscn, County of London. "I have the honour to recommend 23426 Cpl EB Barnett, 1 Co of L Yeo, for promotion to the rank of 2/Lt in the Bn under my command. I have informed the OC of 1 Co of L Yeo. Army form E536 and copy birth certificate attached."
Letter: 28/8/1918 - "Sir, In reference to your letter of the 22nd instant, subject, Capt EB Barnett, 8 London Regt TF, I am commanded by the Army Council to inform you that, as the latest official report regarding this officer is to the effect thathe was missing, either in France or Belgium, on 30/10/1917. This department is not in a position to issue a formal certificate of death. Looking, however, 1) to the length of time that has elapsed since this officer was officially reported missing during which period, no further information has been received concerning him and 2) to the fact that his name has not appeared in any list of prisoners of war received from the German Government, the Army Council are regretfully constrained to conclude for official purposes that Capt Barnett is dead and that his death occurred on or since 30/10/1917. I am to add that the Army Council have, unfortunately, no doubt as to the death of this officer and to explain that their action as set forth above, is notified to those concerned upon application for a certificate of death, with a view to assisting them in dealing with the estates of officers whose deaths have not been reported to this department in a formal individual written statement. It is understood that these letters which may be used in place of a formal certificate of death are, as a rule, accepted for probate and other purposes."
Letter of Administration 27/11/1918, Llandaff. Estate of Capt EB Barnett 72 Ninian…….., Cardiff, Capt 2/8 London Regt. Grantee: William Bishop Barnett (father). Gross Value £1073/9/10d
Capt EB Barnett seconded for duty with MGC 12/4/1916

(possibly 140 Coy);

Other Notes: BARNETT, Captain, EDWIN BERTRAM, 8th Bn. London Regt (Post Office Rifles) attd. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 30th October 1917. Age 30. Son of Mr. W. B. and Mrs. E. A. Barnett, of 13, Grove Park Rd., Weston-super-Mare. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;

Related National Archives files: WO374/4127;

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