Fred J. Barnes
Fred J. Barnes | |
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| Birth name | Frederick Johnson Barnes |
| Born | 8 January 1873 comic songs |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Years active | c.1906–1915 |
Frederick Johnson "F.J". Barnes[1] (8 January 1873 – 30 December 1917) was an English songwriter, who co-wrote numerous songs with R. P. Weston and Fred Godfrey.
Biography
He was born in Southwark, Central London. Between about 1906 and 1915, he worked with co-writer R. P. Weston, mainly on songs for the popular music hall performer Billy Williams.
Barnes and Weston co-wrote "Little Willie's Woodbines" (1908); "
Barnes signed up for military service in the First World War, and joined the Essex Regiment. He died on 30 December 1917, from drowning after the torpedo attack on the troop carrier HMT Aragon, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt.[5] He is buried at the Alexandria War Memorial Cemetery.[6][7]
Namesake
He is not to be confused with singer Frederick Jester Barnes (1885-1938) who as Fred Barnes, sang "You Can't Fool Around With The Women", composed by Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott.[4]
References
- ^ Some sources erroneously give his middle name as James.
- ISBN 0-7232-3177-X.
- ^ Compositions by Fred Barnes, Database of Popular Music. Retrieved 16 January 2021
- ^ a b c Fred J. Barnes, Fred Godfrey Songs. Retrieved 16 January 2021
- ^ Essex Regiment, 7th Battalion, 300752, Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
- ^ F J Barnes, Ancestry.com. UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012
- ^ F J Barnes, Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 16 January 2021
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