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Captain GEORGE OLIVER SCARGILL

Service Number: 117374
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. J. 21.

Italy

Famous Sportsmen, Rugby: headstone of Captain G O Scargill in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy

Photographer: Unknown

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Ellen Scargill, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Mary Scargill, of Leeds. Represented Yorkshire at Rugby Union Football, 1938-39.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER LOVED. HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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