Barwick,+Harry

Private, 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Service No: 4488. Date of Death: 16/09/1916 aged 32 years. Born 1884.Buried at BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILE WOOD. Special Memorial 24.
 * Barwick, Harry**

Harry lived at 23 Upper Marsh ,Oxenhope, when he enlisted on 7th June 1915 at Keighley. He had already served 4 years with the Territorials in the 3rd/6th Btn.

One of the younger children of Enoch (born 1845 ), a clogger, and Martha E., Harry was a textile worker. He was a member of a long established Haworth family who had lived at Changegate, Haworth.

Cousin to - George Barwick, (Son of Enochs brother Noah ) who died in the war on 9-8-1917 and who is also commemorated on Oxenhope War Memorial.

Harry is also commemorated on Haworth Cenotaph, Bridgehouse Lane ,Haworth.