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- William Love. Sergeant 6672, 1st Royal Irish Rifles
Born 19 November 1886 to Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street Downpatrick, Co. Down. Irish Census 1901 with his parents and siblings at 18 Scotch Street Downpatrick.
Died 13th May 1919 aged 31 years, occupation, valet. His mother was at his bedside when he passed away.
At rest in in Down Cathedral New Cemetery, Downpatrick County Down Northern Ireland
He is commemorated on a memorial in Down Cathedral
Notes from his service records
Enlisted on the 20th February 1902 at Belfast. He served in India from the 27th November 1903 to 22nd October 1912. (1911 serving as Rifleman with the 1st Royal Irish Rifles at Alexandrea Barracks, Maymyo Burma.) In France from the 16th August 1914 to 28th October 1914 then he returned to England. The sent back to France on the 31st May 1916 to 23rd December 1916. On the 26th October 1914 he was shot in is upper hip, which hip, was not recorded. He was then invalided to England for treatment. When he returned to France he went sick about September 1916 while at the Somme. He was complaining of a pain in his side and when was also coughing. He was admitted to a hospital in France and then invalided to England. A medical report on an invalid by a doctor in Belfast Military Hospital shows that his disability was Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A sputum swab was taken and is proved positive for Tuberculosis. He was medically discharged from the army on the 23rd July 1917 as being no longer physically fit for war service under Para 392 (XVI) Kings Regulations.
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