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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM McCOY

Service Number: 4389484
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIHEN-LES-GUINES WAR CEMETERY

2. F. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ellen McCoy, of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR, LIBERTY AND TRUTH HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

PIHEN-LES-GUINES WAR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 150
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