John Ernest Barsby

Private

Service No. 10401

Age 20

Died on 10 September 1915

Leicestershire Regiment

BERLES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Pas de Calais, France

Son of Ellen Barsby, of 25, Howard St., Loughborough, and the late John Barsby.

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Geoffrey Melvin Cowley

I wish I had known you and had a chance to thank you for everything you gave to us who survive you.

poppy puss

His legacy is our freedom. Rest in peace, forever remembered.

G M COWLEY

My Uncle, John Ernest Barsby, was buried here. He was just 20 years old, he was popular and loved his football and he worked on the railway.

Geoffrey Melvin Cowley

My Uncle John Ernest Barsby died nearby in September 1915 and is buried in Berles-au-Bois and we want to remember him.

John Ernest was named after his father and had started working on the railways. Sadly that is all we know. He had only been in France 2 mont...

Geoffrey Melvin Cowley