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William Byrne

Private

Service No. 8977

Age 19

Died on 24 May 1915

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of Hugh and Mary Byrne, of 12, Kermy's Court, Sweetman's Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

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Ann McCoy

Respect to my Great Uncle William Byrne, 8977 Private Died 24/5/1915 Age 19 yrs 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

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On the morning of May 24th, 1915, the day my Great Uncle William Byrne died the German's drenched the Allied lines with chlorine gas along...

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