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Lance Corporal GEORGE BARNES

Service Number: 8244
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. C. 45.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Born at Gibraltar. Son of John and Jane Barnes, of Kempston Barracks, Kempston, Beds.
  • Personal Inscription HOW SUDDEN THE CHANGE HOW SWEET THE SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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