Prescot Roll of Honour

Edward BARLOW

79, Kemble Street, Prescot

Private 6427, 10th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment

Edward was an 18 year old Labourer when he attested for military service in the Army on 17th September 1900 in Liverpool. He signed for 7 years with the colours and 5 years with the reserve.

This service took him to South Africa (April 1902), India (September 1903) and , South Africa (February 1906) before returning to the UK in January 1909. Marrying Agnes Black in West Derby on 5th November 1910, the 1911 census recorded the family living in Kemble Street, with Edward working as a General Labourer at the Wire Works . Later, they had four sons - Jack (17th April 1911), Edward (23rd March 1913), Harold and Clifford (1926)

Edward was still serving with the Reserve when war started in August 1914. He was recalled for service after, being posted to the 3rd Battalion on 2nd September 1915 but moving to the 10th Bn as an unpaid Lance Corporal almost immediately. He went to France in October 1915. In late 1917, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant (Cook).

Edward was again transferred, this time to the 2nd Battalion, in February 1918 and remained with his unit until being demobilised on 18th February 1919.

His service earned him the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, and also the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

In the 1939 National Register, Edward was recorded as an old age pensioner. He and his wife, Agnes, lived at 71, Kemble Street, Prescot, along with their three sons