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Lance Corporal GEORGE BARNES

Service Number: 250906
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. A. 30.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ann Barnes, of 6, Lightbourne Green, Swinton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ALL OUR BELOVED IN MERCY KEEP AS ONE BY ONE THEY FALL ASLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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