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Rifleman JOHN O'RAWE

Service Number: 6932
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1914

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

I. N. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (Served as McGRATH), Son of Patrick and Susan O'Rawe; husband of Margaret O'Rawe, of 10, Brusna Cottages, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. A member of Leeds City Police. Born in Co. Antrim.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1523
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