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Fusilier WILLIAM JOSEPH STEELE

Service Number: 6979487
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Plot 2 Row 6 Grave 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Steele, of Cork, Irish Republic; husband of Kathleen Josephine Steele, of Spangle Hill, Cork.
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Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1269
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