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Mark William MCDONALD

Mark William MCDONALD Original Photo
OC Number

1147

Born

30/07/1896

Rank at Death

Second Lieutenant

Date of Death

04/08/1915

Age at Death

19

Unit Serving With

4th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Inscription
M. W. MCDONALD
SEC. LIEUT. ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS
BORN 30TH JULY 1896 - DIED 4TH AUGUST 1915

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Mark was the son of Mark and May McDonald of Portaferry, County Down. Mark joined Campbell College in 1910. He accidentally drowned, near Inishowen in County Donegal. Mark is buried at Glenarm New Cemetery in County Antrim. His date of death in the CCB War Memorial is 4 August 1915, but the CWGC suggests he died on 2nd of that month.


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