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Rifleman B McALISTER

Service Number: 9704
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 June 1917

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Annie McAlister, of 5, Downshire Court Lower Water St., Newry.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH THAN A MAN WHO LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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