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Private JAMES BARR

Service Number: S/5410
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

III. G. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. Son of William and Mary Barr, of 15, Rutland Crescent, Paisley Rd. Toll, Kinning Park, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY CALLED HIM HIS SPIRIT WAS BRAVE HIS RESTING PEACE IS A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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