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Second Lieutenant Alfred McClelland

 

McClelland

 

Second Lieutenant Alfred McClelland, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, formerly Private and Lance Corporal in the North Irish Horse (Service No. 1143). Son of James and Charlotte Marion McClelland, Belfast. Died of wounds on 13 October 1917, aged 24. Buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France, grave II.A.24. Gravestone inscription reads:

SECOND LIEUTENANT

ALFRED MC CLELLAND

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES

13TH OCTOBER 1917 AGE 24

DEUS EST QUI REGIT OMNIA

(THERE IS A GOD WHO RULES ALL THINGS)

 

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