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Private WILLIAM JOHN BARTON

Service Number: 23882
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Barton, of Park Corner, Ardleigh, Colchester.
  • Personal Inscription NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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