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8th Royal Irish Rifles
8th Royal Irish Rifles
Remembering the men of the 8th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles who were killed in action on 1st and 2nd July 1916 (the first two days of the Battle of the Somme) and those who died as a result of the wounds they received.
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 13821 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Albert Wasson -
Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 1240 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 1240 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about James Whiteside -
Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 14607 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about William Turkington -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 13879 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about John Wilson -
Died 1916
British Army 4262 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Samuel Woods -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 13433 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Allen Rea -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 13588 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Samuel Shields -
Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 19710 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Noble Nesbitt -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 13441 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Thomas Rippard -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 13443 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about John Ritchie -
Died 1916
British Army 13588 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Samuel Shields -
Died 1916
British Army 1139 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Samuel Lowry -
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Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 857 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 857 Private Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about Robert Uprichard -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 12985 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about James Kerr -
Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 1330 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 1313 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about Robert Brown -
Born 1881
Died 1916
British Army 773 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 773 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about James Boyle -
Born 1877
Died 1916
British Army 19136 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Robert Henry Matthews -
Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
More about Stanley Woods Maxwell -
Died 1916
British Army 1442 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion
British Army 1442 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion
More about William John Mcbride