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