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Gunner Elijah Samuel Irish

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Military service

Service number: 64
Age: 29
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: E Battery Anti Aircraft
Death: February 18, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: I. B. 12.
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Son of Elijah and Mary Elizabeth Irish, of 47, St. Giles Rd., Derby, England.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 261 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Nord, France

Merville is a village 15 kilometres north of Bethune and 20 kilometres south-east of Armentieres.

The MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the north-east side of the village on the north side of the road to Neuf-Berquin. The Extension, which has a separate entrance, is on the eastern side of the Communal Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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