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Guardsman WILLIAM ROURKE

Service Number: 2720320
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

22. C. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Alice Rourke.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE SHELTER OF THY SACRED HEART SWEET JESUS LET HIM REST R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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