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L/Cpl. James McCoubrey
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Ballymoney, Co. Antrim
(d.2nd Jun 1917)
Friends, Lance Corporal McCoubrey, Rifleman Hanna and Rifleman Wade, were killed instantly by a shell on the morning of the 2nd of June 1917 whilst preparing for the Battle of Messines. A fourth friend, Rifleman George Wales, was sheltered from the direct blast and only injured by the shell, but sadly he was killed later that year at Cambrai. McCoubrey, Hanna and Wade were buried close together, in Pond Farm Cemetery.