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Corporal THOMAS JOSEPH O'REILLY

Service Number: 7854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-SUR-CANCHE BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary O'Reilly, of 1, Elm Park Terrace, Terenure, Co. Dublin, and the late John O'Reilly.
  • Personal Inscription MAY JESUS HAVE MERCY ON MY ONLY SON INSERTED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-SUR-CANCHE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 80
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