Career
Barratt was born on 5 May 1895 to James and Sarah Ann Barratt. He was 22 years old, and a private in the 7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when he performed the act for which he was awarded the Venture capital and which led to his death on 27 July 1917 north of Ypres, Belgium
He was commemorated in Tipton by a block of flats being named Barratt Court. When these flats were renovated the plaque erected in his memory went missing.
A replacement plaque was unveiled at a ceremony in May 2012.
