2nd Lieutenant William Bingham BARLING
2nd Lieutenant William Bingham BARLING - 6th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Attached to the 3rd Battalion
Killed in action leading his platoon in a determined assault against an enemy trench position on the 12th March 1915.
William has no known grave. His name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres Belgium Panel reference 34
He was formerly a Private (2363) in the 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
Educated at Beresford House, Gloucester and The Priory, Great Malvern and finally Dean Close, Cheltenham before going to the South East Agriculture College in Wye. Upon leaving Wye College he was elected to a fellowship of the Surveyor's Institute and became a member of the staff of the
Valuation Department, Inland Revenue, Gloucester. He held this post for 3 years.
On the outbreak of war he enlisted as a Private soldier with the 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. He was later selected for a commission and placed on the Officers Reserve list. He went to France on the 19th February 1915 and on the 23rd February 1915 he was attached to the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.