Rifleman JOHN CLAY
Service Number: 6634
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Irish Rifles
11th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 28 March 1916
Age 18 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Mrs. Clay and the late Thomas Clay, of Lambeg, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland. The inscription on the original wooden cross, erected by his comrades, read: "Soldier, rest, thy warfare O'er; Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking; Dream of fighting fields no more; Day of toil and night of waiting.".
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