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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM BARRETT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE

III. N. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emma J. Barrett, of 52, Cleveland's Rd., Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 891
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