MAJOR+L.V.+BARNES+M.C.

Barnes, Leon Thomas Victor, Major, 7th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry He was awarded the MC Died of wounds 29th June 1918 Aged 35 Son of Cornelius and Emmie Barnes, of Edgbaston, Birminham Buried in Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France, Grave Reference: II K 8

Officers Died in the Great War: Leon Thomas Victor Banks, 5th Battalion (Territorial), Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Medal Roll: Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census: Born Birmingham, Warwickshire A commercial traveller Son of Cornelius W., a school attendance officer, and Emmie M. Barnes, of 389, Gillott Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire


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