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Rifleman JOHN COPELAND

Service Number: 5/8816
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

III. A. 9.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Copeland, of Ballymorris, Portarlington, Liex. Native of Killeany, Mountrath.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED IN LIFE REMEMBERED STILL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM.R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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