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Lance Corporal WILLIAM BARNEY

Service Number: 1240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

IV. T. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Georgina Barney, of 8, Cumberland Rd., Ellistown, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription SOME DAY WE'LL UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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