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Second Lieutenant James Denny

 

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Second Lieutenant James Denny, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Formerly a Lance Corporal in the North Irish Horse, Service No. 71397 (Corps of Hussars). Son of William Denny of 30/31 Smithfield Square, Belfast. Enlisted April 1915. Embarked for France 22 September 1915. Commissioned to the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers as Second Lieutenant on 30 July 1918. Killed in action on 23 October 1918, aged 27. Buried at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VI.A.1. The gravestone inscription reads:

SECOND LIEUTENANT

J. DENNY

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

23RD OCTOBER 1918 AGE 27

SACRED HEART OF JESUS

HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL

 

Image kindly provided by Richard Evans. See his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk.