. 5 Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Lieutenant Barrows was the only son of a Nottingham family and was awarded scholarships at Sedbergh School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He received his commission in August 1917 and was posted to the Western Front the following month. Lt Barrows served as adjutant from April to August 1918 and was awarded the Military Cross. He was killed in action, aged 20, whilst commanding E Company during the Battle of St Quentin Canal (also known as the Battle for the Hindenburg Line) on 3 October 1918, just five weeks before the
. 5 Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Lieutenant Barrows was the only son of a Nottingham family and was awarded scholarships at Sedbergh School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He received his commission in August 1917 and was posted to the Western Front the following month. Lt Barrows served as adjutant from April to August 1918 and was awarded the Military Cross. He was killed in action, aged 20, whilst commanding E Company during the Battle of St Quentin Canal (also known as the Battle for the Hindenburg Line) on 3 October 1918, just five weeks before the end of the First World War. Lt Barrows is buried at Bellicourt British Cemetery. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at This image is from IWM Collections.
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