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Rifleman WILLIAM JAMES GIBSON

Service Number: 17702
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY

II. E. 23.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel James Gibson, of 166, Greenwell St., Newtownards, Co. Down, and the late Margret Gibson.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 478
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