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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY KANE

Service Number: 5449
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAISNES

C. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Sarah Kane, of 63, Joseph St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription HIS END WAS PEACE DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS FATHER & MOTHER SAMUEL & SARAH KANE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAISNES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 228
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