Pvt
Alexander Barnes
Military Details
Service Number: 3598377
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th Bttn Border Regiment
Service Branch
Army
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
4th
Service Number at Enlistment
3598377
Service History
Battalion War Diary Extract
The 4th Borders were part of the BEF and fought in France in 1940 being evacuated in June 1940
From there they were part of the 70th Division in the desert campaign Leaving the desert, the 70th Division, including the 4th Battalion The Border Regiment, were now went to India and Burma. They became part of Brigadier Orde Wingate’s ‘Chindit’ Long Range Penetration (LRP) groups. Her ended the war of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment.
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Border Regiment
Personal Details
Date of Birth
14th April 1916
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
4 Wyndham St, Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
4 Wyndham St Cleator Moor
Parents
Robert & Margaret
Siblings
John,James, Margaret , Robert Jonathan , Joseph , William
Married
Freda Mary nee Folley
Children
Dennis , Corrine
Education and Occupation
School
Momtreal
Work Address
Frizington
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
16th August 1943
Age at Death
27
Place of Death
India
Theater of Action
Far East
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th
Rank at Death
Pte.
Buried or Commemorated at
Madras War Cemetery Chennai
India
Private Memorial: Cleator Moor Roll of Honour
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