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Lance Corporal LEONARD McELROY

Service Number: 4389390
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

4. A. 25.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Ethel McElroy, of Yarm, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR LIBERTY AND TRUTH HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 673
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