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Private JAMES PATRICK CANAVAN

Service Number: 2364
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Connaught Rangers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 February 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. E. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Canavan, of Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES A BRAVE IRISH SOLDIER NOW VICTORY HATH CROWNED HIS CAUSE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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