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Lance Corporal RICHARD JOHN HENNESSEY

Service Number: 2314
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1915

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3

IX. B. 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Hennessey, of 4, Church Lane, Stamford, Lincs., and the late Emily Hennessey.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1613
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