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Major LORD DESMOND FITZGERALD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 March 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot A. Row Officers. Grave 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Duke and Duchess of Leinster, of Carton, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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