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Captain JOHN CHRISTOPHER CRAVEN BARNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

II. E. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. Col. Henry John Barnes and Nellie Ross Barnes (nee Hyland), of Greencroft, Colyton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON ME O GOD ACCORDING TO THY LOVING KINDNESS
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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