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Pte. William John Crawford
British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:14 Downing Street, Belfast
William J. Crawford died in the Abbey sanitarium in Belfast on 11th May 1920. He had served in the Royal Irish Fusiliers before going into the Machine Gun Corps. He is buried in the Belfast City Cemetery, just yards from his younger brother Samuel Crawford who served in the RIF. Samuel died on 30/10/1920 in the same sanitarium as William. William and Samuel were married to two sisters named Isabella and Maggie Stratton and had the same address,14 Downing Street in the Shankill area. William has no headstone and is remembered on the Screen Wall in the cemetery.