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Private JOHN BARNES

Service Number: 16712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

V. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Margaret Alice Barnes, of 16, Oldham St., Blackburn.
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Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 854
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