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Rifleman WALTER HENRY SHORT

Service Number: 43331
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Clara Short, of 6, College Park Terrace, Scrubbs Lane, Willesden, London. Native of Kensington, London. A Postman at West Kensington.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES OF HAPPINESS BEFORE THE PARTING BUT GOD'S WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

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