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Lieutenant WILLIAM HERBERT JAMES McILROY

Service Number: 261956
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

X. L. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Alexander Crossett McIlroy and Margaret Cecilia McIlroy, of Westbury Park, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL HIS UNFINISHED LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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