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Rifleman WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Service Number: 14/1091
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

V. B. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Isabella Alexander, of Ballygraney, Co. Down. Also, his brother Robert Alexander fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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