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Private W FRENCH

Service Number: 8741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 February 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. K. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen French, of 4, Belair St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE RIVER'S CRYSTAL BRINK CHRIST SHALL JOIN EACH BROKEN LINK
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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