Service Details
Name:
 CAREY
Given Name:
 WILLIAM CROSS
Initials:
 W C
Service No:
 17964
Rank:
 Company Serjeant Major
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Regiment:
 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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Unit:
 7th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-04-27
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, gas poisoning
Additional
Information:
Husband of Helena Carey, of 1, St. Andrew's Square, Belfast. Born East London, South Africa. Commemorative headstone in East London (West Bank) Cemetery. ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
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Grave Reference:
 I. B. 23.

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