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Rifleman SAMUEL COURTNEY

Service Number: 14252
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTENACRE MILITARY CEMETERY, FLETRE

I. D. 8.

France

Headstone

Photographer: Keith Russell

Headstone

Photographer: Keith Russell

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Courtney, of 3, Rowland St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription THY WAY NOT OURS OH LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTENACRE MILITARY CEMETERY, FLETRE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 146
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