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Sergeant William Garnett Wolsley Irwin

 

WGW Irwin

 

Sergeant William Garnett Wolsley Irwin, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 'A' Company, Service No. 41146. Formerly Lance Corporal in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Service Squadron) Service No. UD/83, and the 2nd Regiment North Irish Horse. Born and enlisted at Dungannon, County Tyrone. Son of Charleton and Margaret Irwin of Castle Hill, Dungannon. Died of wounds on 26 August 1918, aged 22. Sergeant Irwin is buried at Arneke British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave III.D.2. The gravestone inscription reads:

41146 SERJEANT

W. G. W. IRWIN

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

26TH AUGUST 1918

 

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