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Captain WILLIAM NICHOLSON BARRIE

Service Number: 138718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.

2nd Wing

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 5.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of David and Lilian Barrie; husband of Margaret Barrie, of Wylam, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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