Queens (Royal West Surrey) man

[MrG]

In our continuing search for men of our village lost in the Great War we are now finding the Parish Magazine to be a great source of names and details and are finding a number of men not on our memorial.

One of these is Pte S/633 John Barnard Queens (Royal West Surrey). I found an MC and he is listed on the CWGC but that seems to be it. Can any of you clever folk add any more to his story?

Many Thanks

[Rollerbeadle]

SDGW search reveals

John Barnard

8th battalion Queen's (Royal West surrey)

Born Kennington

Enlisted Epsom

Residence West Horsham

Private..... No G/633

Died of Wounds 02/09/1916

[Sepoy]

From the Surrey Recruitment Registers - (Volunteers, 8th August 1914 to 7th September 1914) Royal West Surrey Regiment
John Barnard
Attested at Epsom on 4th September, 1914.
23 Years 10 Months
Born Kensington, Middlesex
5' 5 1/4" in height
146 Lbs in weight
37.5" chest with 3"expansion
Dark complexion: Hazel eyes: and Brown hair
Porter by occupation

Hope this helps

Sepoy

[Jim Hastings]

This might help Merve, has link to war diaries

http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.shtml

Jim