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Rifleman ROBERT DONALDSON

Service Number: 17579
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. R. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Jane Donaldson, of St. Ives Gardens, Stranmillis, Belfast. Late of Magherana, Waringstown, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription STANDING IN IMMORTAL BLOOM IN THE FAIR GARDEN OF THAT SECOND BIRTH
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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