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Private LAURENCE JAMES BARTON

Service Number: 5683257
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

2nd (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

26. A. 20.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James C. and Mary K. Barton, of Wandsworth, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE, LET US HOPE IT'S NOT IN VAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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