Birth 29 Dec 1927 Ealing / Brentford / Middlesex / England

William Robert Barwick was born at 23 Ash Grove Ealing

Sex Male 

Died 24 Dec 1944 Gillrath / NorthRhine Westphalia / Germany

Age: 16 

William Robert Barwick enlisted for service in World War 2 with the British General Service Corps and was later transferred to the 7/9th Battalion, Royal Scots his serial number - 14433913.
With the Royal Scots he trained on the Grampian Mountains in Scotland for the planned liberation of Norway but ended up going into action in an amphibious role at both Flushing & Middleburg on the Dutch coast in November 1944. From there they fought their way North-Eastwards through Eindhoven and by mid December were near the small German town of Gillrath. On the 24th December 1944 Private William Barwick's C-Company came under attack and he was killed in action. William's body was taken back to be buried at Brunssum War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
At the time William was killed it was Christmas Eve 1944 and he was only five days off his 17th birthday.

Hi Ruud

Thank you for the "link". William Robert Barwick was my Great Uncle he was actually 16 when he was killed there was some kind of muck-up with his records. I take it you have a connection to the Brunssum Cemetery perhaps a relative buried there?.

Peter Barwick Barwick&Eastick Family History Tree