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Guardsman JAMES LEAHY

Service Number: 7426
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

I. K. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Kate Leahy, of 41, Horgan's Buildings, Magazine Rd., Cork.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY IS THE ONLY THING THAT GRIEF CAN CALL ITS OWN SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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