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James McCann
  Occupation    Riveter’s Boy  
  Regiment   Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion 87th Brigade of the 29th Division  
  Service No. - Rank   2943 - Lance Corporal  
  Date of Death   1st July 1916 aged 21  
  Buried    
  Remembered   Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 4 D and 5 B.  
  CWGC Certificate   Click to Download  
 

Was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Son of Mary McCann, of 25, Ritchie St., Belfast, and the late William McCann.

 

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