The Dacorum Heritage Trust
The history of Berkhamsted,
Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley & Tring
The Museum Store, Clarence Road, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 3YL. Phone/fax: 01442 879525
Curator Isobel Aptaker BA, MA. Assistant Curator Nina Bevan BSc.
Private Edward Barber VC
Edward Barber was born in Tring in 1894, the son of William and Sarah Ann Barber.
During the First World War he served in the Grenadier Guards. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle on 12 March 1915.
The citation states that he ran in front of a grenade company and threw bombs with such effect that numbers of Germans at once surrendered.
When his Company came up, Private Barber was found quite alone with the enemy surrendering all around him.
He was killed later the same day by a sniper’s bullet.
| Pictures of the battle of Neuve Chappelle | Pte. Edward Barber | |
Shells of German barrage bursting close behind the British front
line trenches at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle, France on 10-14
March 1915. |
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Brigade HQ at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle |
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