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Rifleman JOSEPH BIRKMYRE GAULT

Service Number: 12814
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

I. E. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. Gault, of 33, Glenbank Place, Ballysillon, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription THE SHOCK WAS GREAT THE BLOW SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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