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Rifleman ALEXANDER DINES

Service Number: 6741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 25th Light Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Dines, of 16, Ann St., Newtownards, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS R. & E. DINES
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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