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Rifleman WILLIAM SANDS

Service Number: 5225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

2nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARRINGTON CEMETERY

C. CE. 813.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Sands, of 26, George St., Lurgan, Co. Armagh.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

WARRINGTON CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 306
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