Private Robert Barrie

Army Number : 72675 (formerly 055888 Royal Army Service Corps)

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

Born at Cambushnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland and lived at Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Son of Robert Barrie, of 198, Quarry Street, Hamilton. He was a baker prior to enlisting 27th January 1915 at Hamilton. Went to France 27th February 1915. He was transferred to the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 20th August 1917 and was killed in action, 27th May 1918, whilst the battalion was in a retiring fight  to Montagne De Guyancourt, France.

Commemorated : Soissons Memorial, France.

Private Robert Barrie also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Hamilton Town Hall War Memorial, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.