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Rifleman WILLIAM BURRELL

Service Number: 44818
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SELESTAT (SCHLESTADT) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Emily Burrell, of Fairwarp, Sussex; husband of Catherine Annie Burrell, of Red Cottage, Fairwarp, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

SELESTAT (SCHLESTADT) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Bas-Rhin France
Number of casualties: 13
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