Private 2946 Ernest William BARNES.

Born C1887 in Chesham.

Parents Robert & Mary BARNES, 5 George Street, Chesham.

Enlisted as Pte into 1/1st Bucks Battalion, B Company, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

To France & Flanders, 30th March 1915.

Leave, 20th – 27th October 1915.

Killed In Action 7th September 1916, buried Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France, Plot IV, Row P, Grave 7.

Res: Chesham, Bucks.

Res: Chesham, Bucks.

Kevin Tobin