BARNES, CHARLES ROGER GORELL, D.S.O., M.C., Capt., 8th (Service) Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), eldest 8. of Sir Frederic Gorell Barnes, J.P., D.L., M.A., of Eyot Wood, Shiplake, co. Oxford, formerly M.P. for the Faversham Division of Kent, by his wife, Caroline Anne Roper, only dau. of Sir Roper Lethbridge, K.C.I.E., of Exbourne Manor, co. Devon, b. London, 1 July, 1896; edue. Stubbington House, Fareham, and at the Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; relinquishing a naval career, he gained a scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge; joined Lord Kitchener’s First Army, and served with the 14th Division in the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 9 Sept. 1914; promoted Lieut. 16 Sept. (dating from 30 July), 1915; Adjutant, 23 Oct. (dating 31 July), 1915, and Capt. 21 Dec. (dating 18 Sept.), 1916. As the result of severe shell-shock and trench fever he was invalided home, and ultimately gazetted General Staff Officer 20 June (dating 8 June), 1917; rejoined his battalion on the Western front 1 Jan. 1918, and died at Abbéville 21 April following, from wounds received in action at Villers Bretonneux on the 4th of that month. Buried at Abbéville. Capt. Gorell Barnes greatly distinguished himself in the engagement at Hooge 30 July, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916]: “For gallant and distinguished service in the field,” and in General (now F.M.) Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch [London Gazette, 15 June, 1916]: “For gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.” He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 23 Dec. 1915]: “For conspicuous gallantry near Ypres, 23 Nov. 1915,” and the Military Cross [London Gazette, 14 Jan. 1916]: For distinguished services in the field.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5