Private 10817 William BARNES

Private 10817 William Barnes{gallery}Pte W Barnes{/gallery}7th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in the The Battle of Doiran, Macedonia, 9th May 1917

• Commemorated: Doiran Memorial, Doiran, Greece
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Emma Barnes [now Bennett]
• Husband of Edith Alice Barnes [nee Spencer]. Married Apr Qtr 1912 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Barnes
• Doiran Memorial
• Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1891 at Burnley, Lancs
• Lived at 74 Jodrell Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 20 May 1915 and sent to Macedonia 26 Nov 1915