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Second Lieutenant MARCUS CARDEN DESPARD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

I. A. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rev. A. V. and Mrs. E. A. Despard, of Vernon, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription FILIUS DILECTISSIMUS
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 531
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