Completed Joseph Frederick Barratt

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Private 14/855 Joseph Frederick Barratt
Abt 1888-23/7/1916 (28)
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Dob abt 1888 Dudley
Joseph Frederick Barratt
Registration Date 1888
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c
Page 39

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Parents Joseph Barratt & Hannah Baker

Parents Marriage 29/4/1883
Staffordshire Tipton St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 233
Marriage date 29 Apr 1883
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname BARRATT
Groom age 28
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Labourer
Groom abode 8 Station St
Bride forename Hannah
Bride surname BAKER
Bride age 22
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 8 Station St
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname BARRATT
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname BAKER
Bride father occupation Coal miner
Witness 1 William BAKER
Witness 2 Elizabeth BAKER

1901 11 Church Lane, Tipton, Staffs. (next to White Horse Tavern)
Joseph Barratt (48, Foundry Labourer, born Tipton), his wife Hannah (40, born Sedgley), and their 4 children: John William (17, Pattern Maker, born Tipton), Joseph Frederick (12, born Tipton), Ann May (10, born Tipton), and Lily (8, born Tipton).

1911 11 Church Lane, Tipton, Staffs. (next to White Horse Tavern)
Robert Thomas Drayton (54, Ganger, born Maesbury, Salop) , his wife Hannah (50, born Sedgley), and Hannah's son from her first marriage: Joseph Frederick (22, Primary School Teacher, born Tipton)

(Joseph's father Joseph Barratt snr. died in June qtr 1905, and Hannah Barratt married Robert Drayton in March quarter 1907, Dudley)

Private 14/855 Joseph Frederick Barratt
Killed in Action on Sunday, 23rd July 1916, age 28.
Buried in Grave X. D. II. at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.
'D' Company of 14th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 13th Brigade of 5th Division.
Son of Hannah Drayton (formerly Barratt), of 11, Church Lane, Tipton, Staffs., and the late Joseph Barratt.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Birmingham, Resident: Tipton.
First landed France & Flanders, 21st November 1915.
Medal entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 23/7/1916 (28) KIA France

Buried in Grave X. D. II. at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/552587/

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Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.
Joseph Frederick Barratt is incorrectly commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial as JJ Barratt. The 'Staffordshire Roll of Honour' had the name written as JF Barrott; the signwriter corrected the surname, but got the initials wrong!

Any other info
Tipton Herald 5th September 1914
JF Barratt listed with those joining the Birmingham non-manual Battalion.

Tipton Herald 19th August 1916
ROLL OF HONOUR
J Barratt kia 22 - 23 ult. Private Joseph Frederick Barratt, Royal Warwicks (1st Birmingham Battalion). Dearly loved son of Mrs Drayton, 11 Church Lane Tipton.

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Joseph Snr
Dod 1905

Burial
Staffordshire Tipton Alexandra Road Cemetery
Register type Other Register
Register entry number 15189
Burial date 22 Apr 1905
Burial person forename Joseph
Burial person surname BARRATT
Person age 52

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Joseph's mother 2nd marriage

Staffordshire Tipton St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 203
Marriage date 16 Feb 1907
Groom forename Robert Thomas
Groom surname DRAYTON
Groom age 50
Groom condition widower
Groom occupation Plate layer
Groom abode 6 Park Lane E.
Bride forename Hannah
Bride surname BARRETT
Bride age 45
Bride condition widow
Bride abode 11 Church Lane
Groom father forename Edward
Groom father surname DRAYTON
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname BAKER
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness1 John William BARRATT
Witness2 Elizabeth JONES
Notes Both fathers deceased

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