Amazing where plant names lead you.

Newish neighbour has an old apple tree which produces good fruit and a
friend of mine who works at Wisley took a couple to work to try to discover
it's name. Came back to me a couple of days ago and said it's an
"Arthur.W.Barnes".

Quickly I find it was registered in 1902 by an N F Barnes from Cheshire and
one parent is Cox's Orange Pippin.
Then I discover there is a memorial to those that fell in WW1 in Chester
Cathedral with the name of Arthur on it. Further investigation discovers he
was a Captain in the 9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment killed on 11/04/1918 aged 32
son of Nicholas Friend Barnes and Elizabeth Barnes of Eaton Gardens and
Morris Oak, Eccleston, Chester. He is listed on the Tyne Cot memorial in
Belgium, a memorial to those who do not have an actual grave.
Finally I wonder if the father who grew the tree was the Head Gardener at
Eaton Gardens which still exist on the Eaton Estate in Cheshire.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London