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Private WILLIAM JOHN BARKER

Service Number: 301993
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 August 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. C. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Paul and Emily Barker, of Chertsey, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED FORGOTTEN NEVER MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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