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Lieutenant JOHN LYLE BARR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 157th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. B. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James Barr, C.E., and Mrs. Barr, of Rockcliff, Bridge-of-Weir, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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