Albert Cecil Barber

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

773002

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

St. James Anglican Church (Paris), Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Leicestershire

Birth city:

Leicester

Address at enlistment:

Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Shipping Clerk

Employer:

Penmans Sweater Department

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX February 17, 1917

Paris Member of 125th Wounded – Pte. Albert C. Barber First Paris Man in Battalion to be a Casualty

(From Our Own Correspondent)

PARIS, Feb. 17. – Mrs. Barber received official notification from Ottawa yesterday that her husband, Private Albert Cecil Barber had been dangerously wounded in the recent severe fighting. Pte. Barber enlisted and went overseas with the 125th Battalion, and is the first Paris man of that battalion to fall in action.

BX July 9, 1917

Expected Home

Three Brantford men were expected to return from the front yesterday but the Soldiers’ Aid Commission was unaware this morning as to whether they had arrived or not. The men expected back were Pte. W. Brown, 50 Albion Street, Pte. J.H. Liddell 66 Cayuga Street, and C. Thompson of 22 Holme Street. Amongst the arrivals at Toronto was A.C. Barber of Paris.