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Corporal SAMUEL YATES DANKS

Service Number: 43807
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 March 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

V. 68.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Samuel Yates and Florence Danks, of Rugeley, Staffs.; husband of E. Danks, of 2, Hafren Terrace, Llanidloes, Mont.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 2540
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