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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM KEARNS ADRAIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

III. P. 17.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Jane Adrain, of Ballyclare, Co. Antrim. Educated at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF A LOVELY AND PLEASANT YOUNG LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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