Photo: Brian Chandler
W. Barrett
Royal Artillery
4th July 1942, age 42.
Peace perfect peace.
Walter was the husband of Ellen Briggs Barrett (nee Fettis) of Newcastle upon Tyne, whom he married in the third quarter of 1926. His attestation to the Royal Artillery was dated 22nd September 1921 and he re-enlisted on 24th July 1939. At the time he is recorded as working as a ‘cartman’ and he gives his father’s address as 14 Russell Terrace, Shieldfield.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
Walter Barrett's name does not appear on a local war memorial.