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David Edward Orr
  Occupation   Apprentice Clerk  
  Regiment   Chatham Bn. R.N Div Royal Marine Light Infantry  
  Service No. - Rank   CH/340(S) - Private  
  Date of Death   8th May 1915 aged 22  
  Buried    
  Remembered   Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli) Panel 2 to 7  
  CWGC Certificate   Click to Download  
 

Son of the late William John and Margaret Orr. Cadet O.T.C. Queen's University, Belfast. David enlisted on 26 September 1914 and went for training with the Royal Marines at Chatham. He left Plymouth for Egypt in February 1915 and fell in the historic landing of the British troops at the Dardanelles on 8 May 1915

 

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