BARNES, Allan Francis
Allan Francis BARNES
Killed by Enemy Action on Tuesday 18th February 1941
Aged 19
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Born on 20th December 1921, son of Owen Gilbert and Hilda Louisa BARNES, of 48 Lowther Street, Newmarket. In the 1939 register Allan was a telegraph messenger, living with his parents at 40 Lowther Street. Father [8-2-1879] was a postman, mother [20-4-1887], brother Gordon [1920] and sister Noreen Ida [5-8-1926], later Mrs ROBERTSON. Allan was a sorting clerk/telegraphist at the Post Office and also a member of "C" Coy (P.O.) Battalion, Home Guard He was injured at work at the Post Office and died later at Newmarket White Lodge Emergency Hospital |
Allan is buried in the Newmarket cemetery Ref: NG M:786
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