Sapper 102587 Samuel James BARNES

Sapper 102587 Samuel James Barnes{gallery}Spr S J Barnes{/gallery}251st Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 3rd June 1916, aged 30

• Buried: Cambrin Military Cemetery. Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave B.14
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Husband of the late Ethel Ann Barnes [nee Wagstaff]. Married 3 Aug 1914 at Nuneaton
• Father of Violet and Elsie Barnes
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sapper Barnes
• Cambrin Military Cemetery
• Royal Engineers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1886 in Nuneaton
• Lived at 105 Central Avenue, Nuneaton [1914]
  
• Employed as a miner [1914]
  
• Enlisted 7 Jun 1915 in London. Joined BEF in France on 15 Jun 1915