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Robert Barr

Private

Service No. 1033

Age 21

Died on 18 November 1916

Highland Light Infantry

MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

Somme, France

Son of Matthew Barr, of "Windward," Houston Rd., Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.

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Thank you.

Remembering your sacrifice 100 years on.

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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

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Robert, O valiant heart, your glory came on the Somme. Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. Harry

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Remembered with respect and gratitude by a fellow golfer. We will remember them.

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Robin McDougall

You and your friend Robert Barr McDougall both died in the same day and are buried yards apart. Your sacrifice shall never be forgotten

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Robert 'Bobbie' Barr was born in 1895 at Mount Pleasant, Bridge of Weir one of 10 brothers and sisters. Before the outbreak of WWI he was em...

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Robert, I do not know the precise circumstances of your death, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and the 7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment a...

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