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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN RAINEY

Service Number: 9482
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

IX. B. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Rainey, of Garvaghey, Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES THE ONE WE LOVED SO WELL HE LIVES NOW WITH THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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