Barrs T E Pte 16050 9th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Barrs T E Pte 16050 9th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

BARRS, THOMAS EDWARD, Private, No. 16050, 9th (Service) Battn. The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), eldest s. of John Barrs, of 69, Midland Crescent, Barnsley, by his wife, Frances, dau. of John Collins; b. Barnsley, co. York, Sept. 1893; educ. there; was a Miner; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres 4 Oct. 1917, and is now assumed to have been killed on that date; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5