Lance Corporal William Chester Barnes
1896 - 1918 (21 years)-
Name William Chester Barnes Title Lance Corporal Prefix Lance Corporal Birth 10 Oct 1896 Sebright, Rama Twp., Ontario County [1] Gender Male Death 01 Oct 1918 Abancourt France Burial Sancourt British Cemetery -Sancourt France Person ID I00031 Barnes Family Tree Last Modified 8 Apr 2019
Father William Charles Barnes, b. 31 Jan 1871, Egremont, Grey Co., Ontario d. 29 Sep 1934, Lots 16 &17, Con. 8, Mara Twp., Ontario Co (Age 63 years) Mother Hannah Jane Hargrave, b. 15 Dec 1872 d. 20 Dec 1935, Lots 16 & 17, Con 8, Mara Twp., Ontario Co. (Age 63 years) Marriage 2 Nov 1892 Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario [2] Family ID F00011 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos William Chester Barnes
1896-1918
Buried Sancourt -Frances
William Chester Barnes
1896-1918
Buried Sancourt -Frances"Dead Man's Penny"
William Barnes
1896-1918
"Dead Man's Penny"
William Barnes
1896-1918
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Notes - BARNES, William Chester: regimental number 853765, enlisted in the177th (Simcoe Foresters) Battalion, in Orillia, January 25, 1917, he was single, 21, a farmer, living near Udney. William was born in Rama Twp. (Sebright) in 1896, a son of William Charles Barnes & Hannah Jane Hargrave, and later lived in the Udney area of Mara Twp. He arrived in England, May 14, 1917, and joined the 4th Battalion C.M.R., in France, Sept. 8, 1917. Lance Corporal Barnes, was killed by enemy machine gun fire, while in charge of a Lewis Gun section, on October 1, 1918, in Abancourt France. He was with the 4th(Canadian Mounted Rifles) Battalion. William is buried in the Sancourt British Cemetery, Sancourt, France. His name appears on the Mara Cenotaph, located in front of the Brechin Legion, 4th Concession, Brechin.-- He was the brother of Belle, Mary, Gertrude, Mae, Pearl, James, John, Annie, & Joseph.
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Sources - [S2] Ontario Births.
Name: William Chester Barne*
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Oct 1896
Event Place: Rama, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Registration Date: 1896
Gender: Male
Father\'s Name: William Barne*
Mother\'s Name: Hannah Hargrave
Certificate Number: 026555
Reference ID:
GS Film Number: 1846556
Digital Folder Number: 004656915
Image Number: 00607
Citing this Record
\"Ontario Births, 1869-1912,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNG6-WF9 : 10 August 2017), Hannah Hargrave in entry for William Chester Barne*, 10 Oct 1896; citing Birth, Rama, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,556. - [S6] ONTARIO MARRIAGES.
Name: William Charles Barnes
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Nov 1892
Event Place: Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1870
Father\'s Name: William Ryerson Barnes
Mother\'s Name: Elizabeth Barnes
Spouse\'s Name: Hannah Hargrave
Spouse\'s Gender: Female
Spouse\'s Age: 19
Spouse\'s Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Spouse\'s Father\'s Name: George Hargrave
Spouse\'s Mother\'s Name: Mary Hargrave
Reference ID: 011282
GS Film Number: 1870703
Digital Folder Number: 004529228
Image Number: 00141
Citing this Record:
\"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKM-PJC : 11 March 2018), William Charles Barnes and Hannah Hargrave, 02 Nov 1892; citing registration , Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,703.
- [S2] Ontario Births.