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Rifleman JOHN GRANT

Service Number: 778
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEITRIM ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD

In South-West part.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Bridget Grant; husband of Mary Ann Grant, of Dromara, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P. WE WERE NOT THERE AT TIME OF DEATH TO HEAR HIS LAST FAINT SIGH
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Buried or commemorated at

LEITRIM ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
County Down United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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