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Military Record for John BARRETT

From military sources
Name:John BARRETT (link to CWGC)
Rank:Private
Service number:14434
Enlistment location:Norwich, Norfolk
Regiment:Norfolk Regiment
Battalion:9th Battalion
Date of death:26 September 1915
Death location:Flanders, France
Type of casualty:Killed in action
Panel reference:Panel 30 and 31
Memorial:Loos Memorial (link to CWGC)
Supplementary Notes:“BARRETT, Pte. John, 14434. 9th Bn. Norfolk Regt. 26th Sept., 1915. Age 24. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Barrett, of Tharston, Norwich, Norfolk” - from CWGC Grave Registration
Other personal details
Birth:Civil Registration 1891 Q1 - Depwade, Norfolk Vol 4B Page 247
Census returns give birth place as Hapton, Norfolk
Census returns:1891 - Hapton, Norfolk - 0 years old (RG12 1546 47 4)
1901 - Tharston, Norfolk - 10 years old (RG13 1862 127 5)
1911 - Tharston, Norfolk - 20 years old - occupation Farm Labourer (RG14PN11462 RG78PN625 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN52)
Family
Father:Robert BARRETT (1855 - 1923)
Mother:Mary A SCRANCHER (1854 - 1920)
Known siblings:Margaret (1881 - 1905), Robert Edward (1885 - ????), Katie (1883 - 1954), David Saint (1888 - ????) and Walter (1889 - 1890)
Documents
CWGC - Grave Registration Reports ( 1 )
CWGC - Panel Lists ( 1 )
Miscellaneous
CWGC:Death Certificate CWGC
Photos

Norfolk Regiment, cap badge
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Loos Memorial, Loos-en-Gohelle
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Loos Memorial, Loos-en-Gohelle (JB)
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BRIGHTON Gordon


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