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Sergeant Robert Alexander Wylie

 

Wylie

 

Sergeant Robert Alexander Wylie, 1st Regiment, North Irish Horse, Service No. 70. Born Garvary, County Fermanagh. Enlisted Newbridge. Embarked for France on 17 August 1914 as part of A Squadron North Irish Horse. Died of wounds on 26 June 1917. Buried at Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, grave I.D.19. Gravestone inscription reads:

70 SERJEANT

R. A. WYLIE

NORTH IRISH HORSE

26TH JUNE 1917

 

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