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Rifleman WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Service Number: 422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1917

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Panel 40.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie J. Alexander, of Blackskull, Dromore, Co. Down.
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 54355
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