BARBER, CHARLES ASSHETON, Lieut., Royal Marine Light Infantry, 2nd 8. of Thomas Richard Barber, of Tatton View, Withington, Manchester, by his wife, Ada, dau. of Thomas Kinder; b. Fallowfield, Manchester, 13 Oct. 1894; educ. Ducie Avenue Higher Elementary Schools, Whitworth Park; joined the Plymouth Section, Royal Marines, 28 Sept. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from the following April, 1915; was invalided to England in Oct., and on recovery appointed to patrol duty on one of H.M. Cruisers off the American coast; returned to England in March, 1917, and after a period of training at Aldershot, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Marine Light Infantry 26 Sept. of the same year; served with the Expedition-ary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1918, and was killed in action near Achiet-le-Grand 21 Aug. following. Buried there. Lieut. Barber was keenly interested in the Scout movement, and was scoutmaster of the Platt, Rusholme, Manchester, Troop; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5