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Lance Corporal JAMES WILLIAM FORD

Service Number: 5142
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 222.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Martha Ford, of "The Elms," Cahir, Co. Tipperary. Native of Cork.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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