Capt C. R. Gorell Barnes (letters; medals; cigarette case; grave marker)

Item

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Capt C. R. Gorell Barnes (letters; medals; cigarette case; grave marker)

Who?

Captain Charles Gorell Barnes

Item(s)

Artefacts relating to Captain C. R. Gorell Barnes, The Rifle Brigade.

Letter - to great Charles' father, Sir Frederic Gorell Barnes, to award him his medal.

Medals - Captain Gorell Barnes' medals. He went abroad from the 1st January 1915. Medal for distinguished service for gallantry.

Cigarette case took a bullet that injured him.

Wooden cross that was taken from the grave by the family before being replaced with a stone.

Story

Artefacts relating to Captain C. R. Gorell Barnes, The Rifle Brigade.

Contributor

Charlotte Attlee

Collection Day

Oxford Cheney School