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Captain WILLIAM SPEIRS BARR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND

VIII. K. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Barr, C.E., of Bridge of Weir; husband of Isobel F. Gilmour Barr, of Glencloy, Bridge of Weir.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVES AND LOVES AND WORKS THROUGH ALL ETERNITY
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Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1550
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