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Rifleman EDWARD CLEMENT O'REILLY

Service Number: 5592
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

V. G. 48.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Alice O'Reilly, of 4, Moore's Terrace, Dublin Rd., Stillorgan, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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