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Lieutenant John Richard Orr

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Military service

Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division: 177th Bn.
Death: August 9, 1918

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: V. A. 4.
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Son of Samuel Orr, J.P., and Mary Jane Orr, of Ballyrenan, Downpatrick, Co. Down.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 480 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BEACON CEMETERY Somme, France

Sailly-Laurette is a village on the north bank of the River Somme about 19 kilometres east of Amiens and 9 kilometres south-west of Albert. BEACON CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the south side of the road from Amiens to Bray-sur-Somme.

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