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Rifleman WILLIAM ALLEN

Service Number: 6530
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row C. Grave 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Ellen Allen, of Dunyvadden Kells, Ballymena.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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