Lance Corporal George William Barks

Army Number: 2793

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Balderton, Nottinghamshire. Son of William Henry and Jessie Elizabeth Barks, of Balderton Cottages, Balderton. He was an iron turner in the employ of Messrs J. Simpson & Co., Newark, Nottinghamshire prior to enlisting on 24th October 1914 aged 17 at Newark. Was appointed Lance Corporal on 9th March 1916 and was killed in action on the attack on Mount Street Bridge, Dublin 26th April 1916, age 19, during the Irish Rebellion.

Buried: Balderton (St. Giles) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Row P. Grave 19.

Lance Corporal George William Barks is also commemorated on the following local war memorials:-
St. Giles Church War Memorial, Balderton, Nottinghamshire.