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Company Serjeant Major ROBERT SELKIRK WHELAN

Service Number: 10/16093
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION

I. E. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John Edward Whelan, of 3725, Ravenhill Rd., Belfast, and the late Elizabeth Whelan.
  • Personal Inscription HE LOVED HONOUR MORE THAN HE FEARED DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 486
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