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Rifleman GEORGE CLEARY

Service Number: 5737
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 32.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Cleary, of Sandycove, Co. Dublin.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF G. CLEARY SANDYCOVE, CO. DUBLIN
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Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1220
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