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HAROLD BARNBY EAST YORKSHIRE REGT Lance Corporal 1379 Attested 1915 living at 28 Sharpe Street Newland Ave. 19 years 11months old Postman KIA 13th Nov 1916 France 13th Battalion Age 21 son of Thomas and Sophia Annie Barnby Buried at Thiepval memorial Killed Somme.
On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter.
POSTAL App. 1911 386967 T/graph messgr 1914 119288 p/man employed by GPO seven years
HAROLD BARNBY EAST YORKSHIRE REGT Lance Corporal 1379 Attested 1915 living at 28 Sharpe Street Newland Ave. 19 years 11months old Postman KIA 13th Nov 1916 France 13th Battalion Age 21 son of Thomas and Sophia Annie Barnby Buried at Thiepval memorial Killed Somme.
On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter.
POSTAL App. 1911 386967 T/graph messgr 1914 119288 p/man employed by GPO seven years