Albert Edward BAREFIELD

1876 - 1946  (69 years)

• Name	Albert Edward BAREFIELD
  Birth	26 Apr 1876	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jan 1946	Poole, Dorset, England   [3, 4]
  Burial	17 Jan 1946	Hamworthy, Dorset, England   [3]
  Person ID	I1204	Furmedge
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann FURMAGE,   b. 25 Jun 1878, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. Apr 1952, Poole, Dorset, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1906	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Apr 1876 - Caversham, Oxfordshire, England Marriage - 22 Sep 1906 - Caversham, Oxfordshire, England Death - Jan 1946 - Poole, Dorset, England Burial - 17 Jan 1946 - Hamworthy, Dorset, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Albert Edward Barefield joined the militia (4th Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry) on 06 November 1893 and then transferred to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 04 January 1894. He served in South Africa between 04 January 1900 and 01 September 1902. He was discharged 03 January 1906 but re-joined in 1915. He served in France with the British Expeditionary Force from 21 July 1916 but it is unclear from the records (part of the ‘burnt’ series) when he was discharged. (The National Archives: War Office: Militia Attestation Papers WO 96/735/310; Royal Chelsea Hospital: Soldiers Service Documents, WO 97/4305/10; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War, ‘Burnt Documents’, WO 363).

  
  

• Sources

  [S26] 1939 Register (England & Wales), Barefield Household, 4, Old Road, Upton, Poole, Dorset; Reference: Class: RG101, Piece: 6963G. [S115] British Army Service Records, Albert Barefield: War Office, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents, Discharge Papers: WO 97 / 4305 / 10; Digital copies accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk. [S484] St Michael (Hamworthy, Dorset), Parish Register, Albert Edward Barefield, Burial Register Entry, 1946, PE/HMY, RE 3/2, Page: 117; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre. [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, Albert Edward Barefield: Registered: Jan-Mar 1946, District: Poole, Dorset, Vol: 5A, Page: 333. [S115] British Army Service Records, Albert Barefield: War Office, Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’, WO363 / B2029; Digital copies accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk. [S507] Berkshire Family History Society, "Berkshire Marriage Index", Annie Furmage, Marriage Register Entry, 1906, St Peter, Caversham, Berkshire; transcript accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.