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Rifleman SAMUEL MATIER

Service Number: 9/15567
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONE TREE CEMETERY

II. B. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Matier, of 171, Ainsworth Avenue, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription A LITTLE WHILE OF BATTLE AND THEN THE VICTOR'S PALM
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Buried or commemorated at

LONE TREE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 88
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