Gerald Barnett

Second Lieutenant Gerald Barnett was an English officer of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in London, the youngest son of umbrella manufacturer Maurice Henry and Marie Barnett (née Sternberg), of London and Belgium, respectively. The younger Barnett, who was a grain broker, obtained a commission in May 1915, in the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).The Times (41006), Col F, p. 11: "Fallen Officers". 8 November 1915.
Aged 29, Barnett died on 3 November 1915, on the Western Front, while serving on attachment to the 13th Royal Scots. An older brother, Herbert, a captain in the 13th Londons, had died six months previously.
He is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Barnett, Gerald, cwgc.org. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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