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Private F J BARKES

Service Number: 200261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1917

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

AA. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Leonard Barkes, of 58, Harrington Rd., Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription WHILE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM GOD CALLED HIM HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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