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Rifleman JAMES D. CLOSE

Service Number: 8879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

"D" Coy., 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHICHESTER CEMETERY

121. 73.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Alexander and Mary Close, of Belfast.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHICHESTER CEMETERY
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 178
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