BARRETT, Ernest Boyd

Cement House Cemetery, BelgiumCredit: Unknown

Private
102nd Field Ambulance
Royal Army Medical Corps

Ernest was born 1889 in Sandown to Henry Michael & Emily Jane (nee SYMONDS) BARRETT. By 1891 the family had moved to Newport & were living at 45 Trafalgar Road.

Ernest, aged 28, was Killed in Action on the 16th of October 1917 & is buried at the Cement House Cemetery in Belgium beneath a Commission Headstone at rest alongside over 3,500 of his First World War Comrades.

Ernest is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials. His brother Ernest Harry also fell in The Great War.

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.