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Sapper JOHN BARNES

Service Number: 1897477
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAWTENSTALL CEMETERY

Grave 4017.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Richard and Susan Ann Barnes; husband of Alice Barnes, of Rawtenstall.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

RAWTENSTALL CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 39
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