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Rifleman RAYMOND EDWARD BARNES

Service Number: R/15595
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

II. E. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Barnes, of Longfurlong, Gotherington, nr. Cheltenham.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR, LIBERTY AND TRUTH HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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