| Surname: | Barnett |
| Initials: | J S |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/13190 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 2/7/1915 to 10/12/1915 and (4) Mesopotamia, 28/5/1917. 14/8/1914 enlisted as Pte. 6 York & Lancaster Regt. No. 10694, born Rotherham, Yorkshire, occupation Miner, age 28, address: 11 Rikes Beck, Long in Lane, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. 1/5/1915 tried for drunkenness reduced to the ranks. 26/3/1916 awarded 84 days detention for absence and losing equipment released after 38 days pardon of sentence remitted by GOC Western Command, 28/6/1916 transferred to 2 Garrison Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1/8/1916 transferred to the Yorkshire Regiment, 19/5/1917 transferred to North Staffordshire Regiment, 25/6/1917 transferred to MFP. 15/11/1919 to class Z reserve. Served Home 14/8/1914 to 1/7/1915, Med Exp Force 2/7/1915 to 10/12/1915, Home 11/12/1915 to 19/10/1916, Indian 20/10/1916 to 27/5/1917, Mesopotamia 28/5/1917 to 29/4/1919, India 30/4/1919 to 25/9/1919, en route 26/9/1919 to 16/10/1919, Home 17/10/1919 to 15/11/1919, 16/11/1919 to Z reserve. 16/9/1906 married Leonora Bigland Spinster at the parish Church Danby Main, address 17 Calf Hall Road, Barnoldswick, they had 3 children. John Sydney Barnett. |