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Rifleman SAMUEL JOHN DOUGLAS

Service Number: 1285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POND FARM CEMETERY

O. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Douglas, of Ravarnette, Lisburn, Co. Down, and the late Agnes Douglas.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS TILL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

POND FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 301
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