Gunner
Royal Garrison Artillery | 177052 | 99th Siege Battery |
Whatstandwell F.C. 1922-23 photo
Biography
Jesse was born about 1890 in Eckington and was named after his grandfather. He lived with his aunt and uncle at Fritchley from a young age. From 1900 he was living in Kirkham Lane, Fritchley where he married Sarah Ann Perry on 4 October 1913 and had eight children. Prior to war service, he worked at Ambergate wireworks. Serving in France, he was captured as a PoW on 9 April 1918 at Laventie and was interned in three PoW camps in Germany: Gardelegen, Dülmen and Giessen. He arrived home to Fritchley in Dec 1918. After demob, he became a dairy farmer at Wingfield Park. He was a wireworker at Johnson and Nephew before the war but afterwards farmed at South Wingfield. Jess played football for one of the Crich Teams. He died at Tansley in 1949 aged fifty-nine.
PoW Records
P.A. 37959/ Gardelegen Camp 1083: Barratt Jesse. Kanon, RGA 99 Siege Battery, 9.4.18, Laventie v.d. front; 25.3.90 Lischkey (Fritchley), Wife, Kirkham Lane, Lischley, Derby
P.A. 3959/ Dulmen Camp 25 : Barratt Jesse 177052, Pte, R. Garrison Artillery, Laventie 9.4.18, No, Lille. Sheffield 25.3.93. Kirkham Lane, Fritchly, Derbyshire
P.A. 40953/ Giessen Camp 23: Barratt Jesse 177032 RGA, 99 S Bty, 9.4.18 Lavantie, 25.3.93 Eckington, Kirkham Lane, Fritshlay, Derby
Jesse was in three Prisoner of War Camps, Gardelegen, Dulmen and Giessen.
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Newspaper Reports
Derbyshire Courier 18 May 1918
MISSING
Gunner Jesse Barratt, Fritchley
Derbyshire Courier 25 May 1918
PRISONER OF WAR
Gunner Jesse Barratt, Fritchley
Derbyshire Courier 25 May 1918
Gunner Jesse Barrett, of Kirkham Lane, Fritchley, has written to inform his wife that he is a prisoner of war in Germany.
Derbyshire Courier 14 December 1918
Several local soldiers who have been prisoners of war in Germany have returned home during the week. They include Lance Corporal Charles Walters, Leicesters, of Fold yard, Crich, who has had six months in captivity; Gunner Jesse Barrett, of Kirkham Lane, Fritchley, who arrived on Monday; Private James Kay was taken prisoner last May, who arrived on Wednesday; and Private Brown of the Green Fritchley.
1891: Eckington
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James | Barratt | Head | 36 | Coke drawer | Bulwick |
Louisa | Barratt | wife | 32 | Muggington | |
Agnes | Barratt | daughter | 10 | Renishaw | |
Mary J | Barratt | daughter | 8 | Eckington | |
Jesse | Barratt | son | 1 | Eckington | |
Jesse | Colburn | father in law | 62 | Colliery horse keeper | Mackworth |
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1901: Fritchley
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas | Redfern | Head | 41 | Wood turner | Fritchley |
Ellen | Redfern | wife | 44 | Muggington | |
Jno Wm | Barratt | nephew | 13 | Eckington | |
Jesse | Barratt | nephew | 11 | Eckington |
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1911: Fritchley
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas | Redfern | Head | 51 | Wood turner, Glossops | Crich |
Ellen | Redfern | wife | 54 | Muggington | |
Jesse | Barratt | nephew | 21 | Wire worker, Johnsons | Eckington |
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1918 Crich voters
Jesse Barrett, Fritchley; absent on military service.
1939 Register: Wingfield Park
Jessie Barratt b.25 May 1890; Dairy Farmer
Sarah A Barratt b.28 May
1898
Edna M Wright (Barratt) b.8 April 1914; hosiery worker
Thomas Barratt (John) 11 January 1917; Dairy Farmer
Cyril Barratt b.21 April 1921; Hosiery Worker
Annie Barratt b.2 November
1922; Hosiery Worker
Maurice Barratt b.3 October 1929; At school
Two closed records