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Rifleman John Connell

 

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Rifleman John Connell, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, Service No. 40862. Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 869. Embarked for France on 20 August 1914 as part of C Squadron North Irish Horse. Killed in action on 16 August 1917 during the assault on Langemarck, part of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). No known grave. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Panel 139.

 

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