Carew Barnett
Location: Covington all Saints church, Covington, Cambridgeshire.
Details on marker:
IN
MEMORY
OF
MAJOR C. BARNETT
6TH BATTN DUKE OF
CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY
—–ED IN ACTION
——st 12th 1915
A non standard cross with a Celtic style circle, shows some damage and cracking. Mounted in the joists of the porch (needs confirmation)
Major BARNETT, CAREW
Died 12/08/1915
Aged 48
6th Bn. Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Son of the late Edward Barnett, of Kenton Court, Sunbury-on-Thames; husband of Elsie Kathleen Barnett, late of Covington, Kimbolton, Huntingdon. Educated at Summerfield and Charterhouse. Late of the Indian Army; awarded Burma Medal (1889-92), and China Medal (1900).
Photographs by Hannah Bracey. August 2017. Photograph of church, CC Wikimedia.
It’s in the roof of the porch on the East side.
His family asked that it be put there.
The following if taken from the church information leaflet.
MAJOR CAREW BARNETT
Major Carew Barnett was a career soldier in the Indian Army and retired to live at The Old Hall in 1909, aged 43, after service in Burma and China.
While Chairman of the Parish Council, he re-enlisted in 1914.
In August 1915, Major Barnett and his battalion were on their way to the Front Line and were billeted in St Martins Cathedral, Ypres. The building was heavily shelled and many men were buried under the masonry. Major Barnett, with others, tried to rescue them, but was fatally injured by the explosion of a shell. Twenty one soldiers were killed in this incident and all, including Major Barnett, are buried in separate graves in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery.