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Rifleman WILLIAM JAMES IRWIN

Service Number: 17931
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. N. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Amelia and the late William Irwin, of Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription FAREWELL SUNSHINE OF OUR HOME YOUR DUTY NOBLY DONE MY FAIR YOUNG SON
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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