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Private JOHN JAMES BARCLAY

Service Number: 3713017
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

O. 16.

Syria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James Barclay and Elizabeth Barclay, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR FREEDOM. HE DID NOT DIE IN VAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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