Private Percy Albert Barber

Army Number: 42995

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Riddings, Derbyshire. Son of James and Annie Barber, of Riddings, Derbyshire. He was a domestic gardener prior to enlisting at Ilkeston Derbyshire. He was killed in action, on 31st July 1917, attacking German positions near Bellewaarde Lake/Hooge, Ypres, Belgium, in the Battle of Pilkem Ridge, during the 3rd Battle of Ypres.

Buried Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 19.

Private Percy Albert Barber is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. James’s Church War Memorial, Riddings, Derbyshire.