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Rifleman JOHN RITCHIE

Service Number: 13443
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

X. H. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Foster son of Mrs. M. Hibbs, of 30, Moorfield St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription TOO GOOD IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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