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Private William John Wallace

 

Wallace

 

Private William John Wallace, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service No. 41096. Formerly 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Service Squadron), Service No. UD/53, and 2nd Regiment North Irish Horse. Born Boho, County Fermanagh. Enlisted Enniskillen. Husband of Mary Wallace of Queen Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Killed in action on 23 October 1918, aged 26. Buried at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VI.B.18. The gravestone inscription reads:

41096 PRIVATE

W. J. WALLACE

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

23RD OCTOBER 1918 AGE 26

 

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