Inscription
IN
EVER LOVNG MEMORY
OF
FRANCIS WILLIAM
BLACK-BARNES
(LATE ROYAL NAVY)
DIED FEB 22ND 1897
AGED 32 YEARS & 11 MONTHS
3RD SON OF
WILLIAM BLACK-BARNES
OF SANDOWN, ISLE OF WIGHT
ALSO OF
CHARLES TALBOT BLACK-BARNES
LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY
SON OF ISABELLA M AND THE LATE
FRANCIS W BLACK BARNES AND
GRANDSON OF THE LATE
JOHN W NICHOLSON
OF ST JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA
DIED FEB 21ST 1919, AGED 25 YEARS
ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ISABELLA MARGARET
WIFE OF FRANCIS W BLACK-BARNES
AND DAUGHTER OF JOHN W NICHOLSON
OF ST JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA
DIED MARCH 3RD 1927
Further Information :
Charles Talbot Black-Barnes
Son of Francis William Black-Barnes and Isabella Mary Black-Barnes (née Nicholson) and Sandown, Isle of Wight, and London.
Born : 23 December 1893, Marylebone, London.
Census information :
1901 : not located
1911 : Midshipman Charles Black-Barnes, aged 17, is on the complement of H.M.S. Superb in Portsmouth.
Service information :
Lieutenant Charles Talbot Black-Barnes, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Royal Oak.
Enrolled as a Midshipman on 15 May 1906.
Mentioned in Despatches.
Casualty information :
CWGC record ...
Charles Talbot Black Barnes (Charlie) was born 23 December 1893, and died 21st February 1919 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Granton, Edinburgh.
The Times, of 6th March 1919 says that he 'died of pneumonia following influenza,' ...
Lieut Black-Barnes passed into the Royal Naval College in May 1907 from Mr Hawtrey's, St Michael's, Westgate-on-Sea. During the war he served in HM torpedo-boat destroyers,
was in command of HMS 'P' 36 before being appointed to HMS Royal Oak [serving on which at time of death].
Spoken of as clever, keen and capable ... 'mentioned in dispatches in June 1918.'
Information provided by Ronietta Wakefield (1st cousin once removed of Charles Talbot Black-Barnes)
