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Private ALBERT BARSON

Service Number: 2187401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Aux. Mil.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row C. Grave 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Nephew of Mrs. A. Barson, of Osney, Oxfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIES IN A HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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