John Spencer Barnett · Pte. // Air mechanic 1st Class · † 1918

Personal data

Name	Barnett
Initials	J.S.
Christian name	John Spencer
Date and place of birth	?; 1883
Address	5 Rainbow Hill Terrace, Worcester
Profession	Grain merchant
Family	Son of John and Mary Anne Barnett

Information: Educated at Royal Grammar School, Worcester
Information 2: Member of the Jewish Lads' Brigade
Information 3: He was a director of the firm of John Barnett (Limited), corn dealers and coal merchants, Worcester.

Service number	78310
Rank	Pte. // Air mechanic 1st Class
Regiment / Unit	Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport), attd. Royal Air Force
Date of death	06/11/1918
Age	35
Cemetery / Memorial	Worcester (Astwood) Cemetery, 10427

Information: Died from pneumonia following influenza
Information 2: 'The Barnett-Butcher Lamp' - Worcester Branch. Endowed on 01.04.1931. First lit on 06.06.1931 at Crystal Palace, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of John Spencer Barnett, Pte., A.S.C. (M.T.), attd. R.A.F.; died of sickness at Coventry, 6.11.1918; and of Arthur James Basil Butcher, 2nd Lt., 6th, attd. 17th, King's Royal Rifles. Beaumont-Hamel, 3.9.1916." (Given by their relations.) Brass plaques (4) kept at Talbot House.