Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (84295 A./Bmbr. E. W. Barnett, R.G.A.) very fine £40-60

Ernest William Barnett was born at Plumstead, Kent and enlisted in the Royal Artillery as a boy recruit in April 1891, aged 14 years - barely 5 feet tall, and with an ‘extensive scar’ on his left arm, he had recently been employed at the Royal Arsenal. Appointed a Trumpeter in November 1893 and a Gunner one year later, his subsequent advancements were to Acting Bombardier in October 1903 and to Bombardier in June 1909, in which latter year he was also awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal with gratuity (A.O. 279/09 refers). Barnett did not, however, wtiness any active service, having only served overseas in Aden 1905-06, and was discharged in March 1911.