Corporal Richard George Barnes

1894 - 1915  (21 years)

• Name	Richard George Barnes
  Prefix	Corporal
  Born	13 Feb 1894	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56674225
  Military	WW1  [3]
  Military	WW1 - 11th Battalion  [3]
  Military	WW1, Private  [3]
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Corporal, 11th Battalion
  	Enlisted 23-Sep-14 Valcartier, Quebec Service No: 21343 Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Corporal, 11th Battalion / 4th Battalion
  Misfortune	killed in WW1
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	25 Apr 1915	Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France
  Died	29 May 1915	Festubert, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [3]
  Residence	Abt 1916	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-62624P
  Person ID	I62624	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Barnes,   b. 9 Nov 1848, , England ,   d. 7 Apr 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Niebel,   b. 26 Sep 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1892	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F42171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara May Riddell,   b. 13 Oct 1892, Rockton, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 20 Apr 1912, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 19 years)
  Married	18 May 1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F9005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In Loving Memory of Private Richard G. Barnes Who Died for His King and Country May 1915 One precious to our hearts has gone, The voice we loved is stilled; The place made vacant in our home Can never more be filled. Our Father in His wisdom called The boon His love had given; And, though in earth the body lies, The soul is safe in Heaven Funeral Card __________ CHUM SAYS HE SAW PTE. BARNES KILLED. [Special [Special to The Advertiser.] GALT, June 22.-Another Galt boy has shed his blood for his King and country. A chum of Pte. R. George Barns, writing to a lady friend in Preston, told her to notify Pte. Barnes parents that he saw their son killed in battle, and helped to bury him. Pte. Barnes enlisted with the 11th Battalion of Winnipeg while in the western city on a vielt, and later was transferred to the 4th Battalion. On June 11 his parents were notified by the militia department that he had been wounded. Pte. Barnes was only 22 years of age, and was born and raised in Galt, and the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barnes, Ball avenue, who greatly feel their loss.

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-6 Page 12. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012193-92. Richard Barnes, 36, Widower, occ. Farmer, b. England, res. Galt, son of Richard and Rossana Barnes, Married Lizzie Niebel, 28, b. Co. of Waterloo, res. Galt, daughter of John and Mary Niebel, Witn: Otto And Alvina Lindenbaub of Preston, 14 Sept. 1892 at Preston

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Feb 1894 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 May 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 25 Apr 1915 - Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France Died - 29 May 1915 - Festubert, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Residence - Abt 1916 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth