Barrow, Ernest Isaac –

Son of Councillor Isaac Barrow, J.P., and of Mary Barrow, of “Brantwood”, 206 Manchester Road, Westhoughton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School (reported as Ernest V. Barrow, 2nd East Lancashire in “Supera” school magazine.) Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Private, 20th Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned March 1915. Attached 2nd Bn., East Lancashire Regiment.

Personal details

  • Surname: Barrow
  • Forename: Ernest Isaac
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Westhoughton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 27
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: October 23rd, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lieutenant
  • Unit: 3rd (Regular Reserve) Battalion.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.i.D.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 01/04/1915 03/11/1916 29/12/1916 05/01/1917 16/03/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7c 7c 6b* S14* 6e 6c-d*
  • Bolton Chronicle: 27/03/1915 03/11/1916 10/11/1916 24/11/1916

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