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Gunner ERNEST BARBER

Service Number: 880072
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

9 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 5. Row B. Grave 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Barber, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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