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Corporal Edmond Buchanan

 

Buchanan

 

Corporal Edmond Buchanan, North Irish Horse, Service No. 686. Enlisted Letterkenny. Born Rathdonnell, Donegal. Son of David and Catherine Buchanan. Embarked for France with the North Irish Horse on 17 August 1914 as part of A Squadron. Died in England on 23 October 1914, aged 23. Buried at Epsom Cemetery, Surrey, England, grave D.220A. The gravestone inscription reads:

CORPL EDMUND BUCHANAN

ROYAL IRISH HORSE

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.