2722715 Guardsman Albert George BARNETT, 2 Irish Guards: 01/08/1944

Date of Enlistment: September/October 1940
Army Number: 2722715
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Albert George BARNETT
Unit: 2nd Bn. Irish Guards

 

From

• 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944

No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards
No 1 Troop

Serial: 66
Vehicle No: 150215
Type of Vehicle: Sherman

• 2717556 P HEALY, 2 Irish Guards Serjeant, Tp Sjt
• 2721840 A ROYAN, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Op
• 2719680 H McCLUNE, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Mech
• 2722715 Albert George BARNETT, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Mech
• 2722773 P SAUNDERS, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Mech

Total Officers:
Total Other Ranks: 5

 

Casualty

Guardsman BARNETT, ALBERT GEORGE
Service Number 2722715
Died 01/08/1944
Aged 34
2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Son of William Jesse Barnett, and of Minnie Sarah Barnett, of Haywards Heath, Sussex; husband of Doris Rose Barnett.
INSCRIPTION: NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOR FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE
Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Location: Calvados, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: V. G. 15.