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Private RICHARD O'NEILL

Service Number: 27055
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

III. C. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Eliza O'Neill, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST HEAVEN HAS GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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