• LEDWIDGE, Lance Corporal, FRANCIS EDWARD, 16138. 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 31st July 1917. Age 26.
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Name
LEDWIDGE
First name
FRANCIS EDWARD
Date of birth
19/08/1887
Date of death
31/07/1917
Title
Lance Corporal
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LEDWIDGE, Lance Corporal, FRANCIS EDWARD, 16138. 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 31st July 1917. Age 26. Son of Patrick and Anne Ledwidge, of Slane, Co. Meath. A noted Poet, the majority of his poetry was about Ireland and the fairies. Artillery Wood Cemetery II. B. 5. Poems : 'Soliloquy', 'A Soldier's Grave', 'Home', 'Spring', Ascension Thursday: 1917'
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