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Corporal WILLIAM JAMES LEINSTER

Service Number: 7/9357
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

V. G. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of Kilmore, Cavan. Son of Thomas and Mary Anne Leinster, of Breandrum, Drumconllick, Co. Cavan.
  • Personal Inscription WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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