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Rifleman JOSEPH PATRICK PARSONS

Service Number: 45685
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY

X. A. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin J. and Bridget Mary Parsons, of 66, Nova Rd., West Croydon.
  • Personal Inscription R.C. ECCLESIASTICAL STUDENT C.R.L. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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