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Rifleman JAMES GONSALVES

Service Number: 19/249
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

8th/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION

II. C. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Gonsalves, of Newry St., Kilkeel, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON JAMES REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 486
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