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Rifleman WILLIAM KERR

Service Number: 18022
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. AA. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Thomas and Jane Kerr, of Whiterock, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription ON HIS SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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