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Rifleman JOHN CLAY

Service Number: 6634
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row A. Grave 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Clay and the late Thomas Clay, of Lambeg, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland. The inscription on the original wooden cross, erected by his comrades, read: "Soldier, rest, thy warfare O'er; Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking; Dream of fighting fields no more; Day of toil and night of waiting.".
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