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Private WILLIAM WALSH

Service Number: 5901
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

5.F.28.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Keiran John Walsh and Ellen Cranston (formerly Walsh), of 38, Melford Ave., Giffnock. Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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