Percy Barlow was the son of Robert and Amy Barlow of Manchester, England; husband of Clara Barlow, of 27, Tennyson St., Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. Served in the South African Campaign.

Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery was begun in May 1916, "in a field opposite the Town Major's dug-out". It was used by field ambulances and fighting units until March 1917, when the Allied line had moved forward, and again from April to August 1918, when the front came very close to it. AWMM