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Rifleman WILLIAM FREDERICK VANCE

Service Number: 20817
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. I. 13.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 1st/18th Bn. London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William J. and Maude Vance, of 5, Battenberg St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF WM. J. AND MAUDE VANCE BELFAST
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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