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Rifleman PIERCE BUTLER

Service Number: 9535
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

I. F. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Mary Butler, of 47, Slieve-Keale, Waterford.
  • Personal Inscription FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER, FATHER AND SISTER
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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