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Rifleman A J DEMPSTER

Service Number: 17568
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUZANNE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

II. D. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh Dempster, of Moneyrea, Comber, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

SUZANNE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
Somme France
Number of casualties: 139
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