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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN O'REILLY

Service Number: 26496
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY

III. D. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eugene O'Reilly and Rosanna Brady (his wife), of Killeshandra, Co. Cavan. Previously served in the 10th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 571
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