J. F. Barnsley
Service no. 34448
Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Killed in action age 27 on 1 May 1917
Husband of Susannah Maria Barnsley, of 74 Meadow Road, Clapham, London.
Remembered at Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9
Brother of William Charles Barnsley
Information from the 1911 census
James Foster Barnsley lived with his parents and siblings in 5 rooms at 10 Henry Street (no longer existing), Vauxhall, London SW8. William Luke Barnsley, 49, was a cloth shrinker from Marylebone, London. Elizabeth Barnsley, 49, was born in Soho. The couple had had 13 children, 7 of whom survived.
Sarah E. Barnsley, 28, a perfumer, born in Holborn
Alice M. Barnsley, 24, a dressmaker, born in Holborn
James F. Barnsley, 21, a tailor’s packer, born in St Pancras
Ada C. Barnsley, 20, a perfumer, born in St Pancras
Rose B. Barnsley, 15, a dressmaker, born in Lambeth
Ernest B. Barnsley, 10, born in Lambeth
London Marriages and Banns
Susannah Maria Hurst married James Foster Barnsley at St Mark’s Church, Kennington on 3 October 1915. James gave his address as 47 Meadow Road. He was 26, Susanna 28.
