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Lieutenant JOHN RICHARD ORR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

177th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE

V. A. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment seconded to 80th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Orr, J.P., and Mary Jane Orr, of Ballyrenan, Downpatrick, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN JOHN CH.15 V.13
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 772
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