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BARRINGTON Allan Leslie 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20378
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- SKR/DAT/IP/20378
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Title (The name of the record)
- BARRINGTON Allan Leslie 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: BARRINGTON;
Forename(s): Allan Leslie;
Initials: AL;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Previous Battalion: 9 of;
Previous Regiment: R W Surrey Regt;
Date of transfer to MGC: 07-Aug-1916;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 120 Coy;
Date abroad: 17-Jun-1916;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: Acc K;
Where: France;
When killed: 29-Jul-1916;
Other Data: War Diary 29/7/1916: " 2/Lt Barrington accidentally shot and killed by one of the sentries - our first casualty"
"shot in the trenches on 29/7/1916 by 11002 Sgt JH Southern, 13 E Surrey Regt, who mistook him for one of the enemy"
Estate £148.3.0d;Other Notes: BARRINGTON, Second Lieutenant, ALLAN LESLIE, 120th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Accidentally killed 29th July 1916. Age 20. Son of Alfred and Amy Barrington, of 36, Aberdeen Rd., Cotham, Bristol. Scholar of Bristol University. XVIII. F. 7. Loos British Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.
NB: 120 COY, not Bn;Related National Archives files: WO339/34937:;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6ad7e31c-1d73-4ad2-871a-2e2e851c8e45/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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