Charles William James Barnes

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Charles William James Barnes was born at Twyford, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 31 Oct 1899 the son of Charles Henry Barnes and Laura Ethel Barnes (nee Spencer).  He lived his early life at Gummers Farm, Twyford, and received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  The school records indicate that by 1918 he had enlisted with the Somerset Light Infantry but regrettably no Military Record can be found except for a likely record of Charles W. J. Barnes serving with the Hampshire Regiment as a Private (Service No 31493) and being awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census show him back with his parents at Gummers farm where he was assisting his father. He married Christine May Burrow in the Tisbury, Wiltshire, area in 1927.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Mill Farm, Tisbury Row, Tisbury, Wiltshire, described as a Farmer.  He had retired to 'Honysuckle Mead', Dinton, Wiltshire, where he died on 5 Jan 1989.