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)

CWGC

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 Michael Trolove, Wikimedia.