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Rifleman WILLIAM SKELLY

Service Number: 5/5255
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. C. 1.

Greece

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Jane Skelly, of Lambeg, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
  • Personal Inscription FOREVER WITH THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 955
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