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Rifleman WALTER BARNES

Service Number: B/2415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXVIII. R. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Barnes, of 47, Cornbrook St., Old Trafford, Manchester, and the late Emily Jane Barnes.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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