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Rifleman JOSEPH JESS

Service Number: 1567
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. D. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Jane Jess, of Ballykeel, McAdam's Cross Roads, Dromore, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

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