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Sapper WILLIAM BARNES

Service Number: 2117002
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

144 Field Park Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

VII. E. 10.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Helen Barnes, of Wigan, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Barnes, of Lower Ince, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND BILLY WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS. PEGGY & DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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