Robert Barnett
Born:
17 Tammuz 5659 (25 June 1899)
Died:
2 Tevet 5675 (19 December 1914)
Basic Information
Other surname:
Glitzenstein
Birth
Date of birth:
17 Tammuz 5659 (25 June 1899)
Place of birth:
Mare Street, Hackney
Death
Date of death:
2 Tevet 5675 (19 December 1914)
Place of death:
Ploegsteert Wood
Cause of death:
Killed in Action by the Germans, an attack known as 'Birdcage'
Burial place:
Rifle House Cemetery, Ypres
Places
Addresses
Parents' home:
95 Belgrade Road, Stoke Newington (1914)
Reason for joining
A family argument prompted Glitzenstein to leave home and enlist in the British Army, upon which he assumed the name of Robert Barnett and joined the 1st Battalion, The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade).
According to: http://theyserved.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Barnett
So young
Robert (Raphael) was one of the youngest soldiers to die during the Great War.
Family
Parents
Father: Barnett (Phillip) Glitzenstein (male)
Mother: Esther Bloomberg (female)
Military Record
Date enlisted/conscripted:
09 October 1914
Date discharged/death:
19 December 1914
Rank at discharge/death:
Rifleman
Assignments
Regiment:
London Rifle Brigade
Battalion/unit:
1st Battalion
Robert Barnett's grave
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Robert Barnett's grave
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Roll of Honour
R. BARNETT, 20 December 1914
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
19 December 1914
Regiment / service:
Rifle Brigade, 1st Bn.
Cemetery:
Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium
Grave reference:
IV. E. 10.
