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Lance Corporal BERNARD LAFFEY

Service Number: 4304
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1914

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST

I. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Catherine Laffey, of Clooncah, Woodlawn, Co. Galway.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT HIS COUNTRY MIGHT LIVE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 98
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