Ian Murray has submitted the following:-
Margaret was born in Lanchester in 1895 to parents George and Elizabeth Ann Barrow. Her father was born in Allendale and her mother was born in Annfield Plain. In the censuses of 1901 and 1911 the family were resident at Maiden Law in what, at the time, was known as Berkley’s Cottages.
Margaret served as a Worker in the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps and died in France on the 3rd November 1918. It is quite likely that she was working at a Base Hospital or Rest Camp in the area. Her parents added the inscription "Thy will be done" to her headstone.
Awards: British War Medal; Victory Medal.
Margaret Barrow is remembered in Lanchester on L62.01 L62.02 and L62.04
She is also remembered on the Five Sisters Memorial and Window, in York Minster.
