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Private Robert William Kerr

 

Kerr 1

 

Private Robert William Kerr, B Company, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service No. 41696. Formerly 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Service Squadron), Service No. UD/175, and 2nd Regiment North Irish Horse. Born and enlisted Enniskillen. Residence Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh. Son of William John and Catherine Kerr of Beag, Derrygonnelly, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Listed as 'missing' after the German Kaiserschlacht Offensive in March 1918, Kerr had been captured and was made a prisoner of war. He died on 4 December 1918, aged 30, and is buried at Hamburg Cemetery, grave I.D.8. His gravestone inscription reads:

41696 PRIVATE

R. W. KERR

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

4TH DECEMBER 1918 AGE 30

 

Kerr 2

 

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