BARNES, George Edward

St. Marie Cemetery, FranceCredit: Unknown

Private
HMHS Galeka
Royal Army Medical Corps

George was born 1873 in Chale to George & Agnes BARNES. In 1891 the family lived in Sidney Terrace, Hunnyhill, Newport. 1903 at St. John’s Church, Newport he married Agnes DYER & they lived at 25 South Street, Newport.

George, aged 43, was aboard the Hospital Ship Galeka on the 28th of October 1916 when the ship struck a mine 5 miles North West of Cape la Hague whilst entering Le Havre. Although not carrying patients, 19 members of the RAMC were lost. George was one of those lost & his body was never recovered, so he is commemorated by the Commission upon the Galeka Memorial within the St. Marie Cemetery in France.

George is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.