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Private ROBERT DRAIN

Service Number: 43079
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XVI. A. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Foster-son of Mary McCarthy, of 6, Hillview Terrace, Greencastle, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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