Private 21581 George Albert BARBER

Private 21581 George Albert Barber{gallery}Pte G A Barber{/gallery}3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Died of wounds in the Battle of Verdun, France and Flanders, 10th March 1916, aged 27

• Buried: Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave B.4.9
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Mary Barber
  
• Husband of Hilda E Barber [nee Gossage]. Married Jul Qtr 1914 at Nuneaton
• Brother of Sergeant 3235 Charles Walter Barber
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

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Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Barber
• Calais Southern Cemetery
• Grenadier Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1889 at Nuneaton
  
• Lived at 50 Fife Street, Nuneaton [1891, 1901 & 1911]
• Employed as a labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Atherstone. Arrived in Theatre on 26 Jul 1915 [Medal Card]