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NAME: Barnes, William John

RANK: Private

UNIT: Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (formerly 44313 Hampshire Regiment)

BATTALION ETC: 2/4th Battalion

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 34260

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action (missing) 12th April 1918

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium

OTHER INFORMATION: Age 18. Son of William John and Mary Jane Barnes of Ivy Cottages, Link, St. Mary Bourne, Andover, Hants (CWGC). In 1911 family living at The Street, St Mary Bourne, Hants. Born & resided: Borne, Hants. Enlisted: Basingstoke, Hants.