Service Details
Name:
 McCAUSLAND
Given Name:
 DAVID
Initials:
 D
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Irish Rifles
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Unit:
 12th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-11-22
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Date of Birth:
 1879-07-21
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, north of the village of Moeuvres, during the Battle of Cambrai
Additional
Information:
Son of David and Jane McCausland, of "Kinnycally," St. Johnston, Londonderry; husband of the late Janie McCausland (nee Morgan), of Bloemfontein, South Africa. Born Kinnycally, St Johnston, County Donegal, Northern Ireland. Served with 133rd (Ulster) Squadron, 29th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in the ABW 1899-1902; Served in the Duke of Edinburgh's Volunteer Rifles 1905 ? 1906. He returned to England to enlist in 1915. Settled in South Africa and returned home to again offer his services. Commemorated on St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Durban WWI Memorial & WWII Service Roll.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 10.

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