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Rifleman DANIEL SHANNON

Service Number: 5235
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. B. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Margaret Shannon, of Drumdaugan, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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