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Quartermaster Serjeant ROBERT JAY CANT

Service Number: 6162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1915

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY

II. N. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Emma Cant, of Inchicore House, Inchicore, Dublin; husband of Mrs. M. Chelin (formerly Cant), of 15, Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, Hants. Served in the South African Campaign.
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Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 453
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