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Pte. John Ronald Barnett
British Army 2/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:York
My Grandad Jack Barnett worked for Rowntree's in York and in 1940 joined the Territorial Army. Soon after joining he was called up to go to France as part of 46th Division. He would not return to England again until 1945, after been captured defending the La Basse Canal on the 24th May 1940.