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Rifleman W BRUCE

Service Number: 17204
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Frances Cosby Bruce; husband of Mary Jane Bruce, of Edgebank, Deramore Park South, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONE FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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