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Rifleman DAVID FOAY

Service Number: 593651
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

"B" Coy. 1st/18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY

I. K. 28B.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Hannah Foay, of Bermondsey, London, England; husband of Alice Lavinia Foay, of 71, Duncan Terrace, Kilbirnie South, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription A DEVOTED HUSBAND A FAITHFUL FRIEND ONE OF THE BEST GOD COULD LEND
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 424
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