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Fusilier MATTHEW MCKELVEY BOYD

Service Number: 6983749
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

13. D. 3.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Jennie Boyd, of Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription FOR WHEN WE WERE YET WITHOUT STRENGTH... CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY. ROMANS V.6
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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