Private George William Barnett
Army Number : 4628
Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Wymeswold, Leicestershire and lived at 21B, Factory Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire. Son of William and Kate Barnett, of 79, Cobden Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire. He was a shop assistant prior to enlisting at Newark, Nottinghamshire, 20th December 1915. He was killed in action whilst attacking the Nurses Home in the grounds of the south Dublin union, 27th April 1916, age 23, during the Irish Rebellion.
Buried Eastern Health Board offices Grounds of Kilmainham, Republic of Ireland. Collective Grave.

Private George William Barnett is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Carillon Bell Tower, Memorial, Loughborough, Leicestershire.