BARNSLEY, HARRY, Private, No. 43874, 2/8th (Territorial) Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., s. of Harry Barnsley, of 423, Park Road, Hockley, Birmingham, Painter; b. Handsworth, Birmingham, 27 Jan. 1883, educ. Benson Road Board School, Soho, Birmingham; enlisted 25 June, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Levantie 2 Oct following, during his first day in the firing line. Buried in Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys. He m. at St. Luke’s, Bristol Road, Birmingham, 23 Dec. 1906, Elizabeth May (101, Albert Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), fourth dau. of Joseph Yates, and had two children: Stanley Eric, b. 4 Oct. 1911, and Margaret Elizabeth, b. 16 March, 1916.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5