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Rifleman G COPE

Service Number: 438
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 January 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

V. F. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Elizabeth Cope, of 60, Skipton Street, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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