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Rifleman W ADAIR

Service Number: 5/5481
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. C. 45.

France

South Queensferry Cemetery, West Lothian, UK (CEM 1219) (formerly Dalmeny & South Queensferry Cemetery): photo of private memorial to F Shergold, supplied by Robert Ross, Regional Operations Coordinator, Scotland - February 2019

Photographer: Robert Ross

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Adair, of 15, Cromwell St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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