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Lance Corporal WILLIAM McCURLEY

Service Number: 3385116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION

VI. A. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ellen McCurley, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVY THE BLOW SADLY IT FELL TENDER TIES BROKEN WITHOUT FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 873
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