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Lance Corporal JAMES BALL BARON

Service Number: 20017
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

43rd Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XLVI. E. 15

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Jonathan and Margaret Baron, of 6, Gracca Terrace Bugle, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE AT LAST
  • N.B. Recent research has shown that Lance Corporal Baron is buried here. Currently the grave is marked with a headstone to an Unknown soldier, but a new headstone bearing his details is now on order. Please contact the Commission for further details.
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