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The foot of the headstone reads "The first British soldier over the Rhine. 46RM Commando 'Y' troop. March 23 1945"

In Memory of 1250 Captain Barry Walter Pierce
46RM Commando, Royal Marines
who died on the 13th April 1945 aged 23
Remembered with honour at Becklingen War Cemetery]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:39:59 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/38816-4/Barry+W+Pierce+RM.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/graves/War+Graves+in+germany/becklingen/Barry+W+Pierce+RM.jpg.html