Cemetery: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 8th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Country of Service: British
Details: Died of wounds (gas) received near Loos. 30th April 1916. Age 26. Son of the late William J. and Grace Dalton Valentine of Enniskillen Ireland. Inventor of a quick-firing improvement to the Lewis Machine Gun. Appointed assistant surveyor to the Geological Survey of Ireland by competitive examination after enlistment in the 7th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. I. L. 2.
Photograph by Lorraine Robbins / Dave & Kay Lovell