Edmund – Barry – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 22/10/1915
Title
Edmund – Barry – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 22/10/1915
Initials / forenames
Edmund
Surname
Barry
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Berkshire Regiment, 5th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
11279
Railway department
Enfield
Railway job
Coalman
Date died
22/10/1915
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: August 1916, p212
Memorial
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Notes
Barry was born in July 1876. He joined the GER in December 1908, as a fitter's assistant at Stratford. After three years he was transferred as a coalman to Enfield. He enlisted in September 1914. He died of wounds in a hospital at Boulogne.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
24/10/2016
Last updated
24/10/2016
Citation
“Edmund – Barry – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 22/10/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 7, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61645.