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Rifleman MATTHEW BURNSIDE

Service Number: 17/103
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY

I. D. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Jane Burnside, of 43, Ewarts Row, Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS SORROWING MOTHER BROTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 462
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