Name
Geoffrey William Barclay (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/07/1916
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
III.A.5
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Brent Pelham Village Memorial
Individual Plaque, St Mary the Virgin Church, Brent Pelham
Pre War
Geoffrey William Barclay was the son of Edward Exton Barclay of Brent Pelham.
Wartime Service
His active war service began on 23rd August 1914. He was wounded in July 1915. The parish magazine records that “Captain Geoffrey Barclay arrived safely at the Hall on Saturday August 14th at noon. There is general rejoicing in the village at his gradual recovery from very serious wounds. Captain Barclay brings home with him the ‘Military Cross’ and somehow we all think more of ourselves because he has been so honoured.” He was awarded the Military Cross and Mentioned in Dispatches.
Military Cross, and Mentioned in Despatches, 22nd June 1916.
Additional Information
The probate calendar notes that probate was granted on 11th September 1916 to Geoffrey William’s father, and that his death occurred ‘at or near Ypres’. The memorial inside Brent Pelham church reads: - “In proud and loving memory of Major Geoffrey William
Acknowledgments
Dr Stephen Bratt
