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Rifleman A RANSON

Service Number: 4745
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

"A" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

A. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Susan and the late Andrew Ranson, of 53, Ravenhill Rd., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 389
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