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Lance Corporal JAMES KERR McKINLAY

Service Number: 14216778
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 29 July 1944 and 30 July 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

II. D. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth McKinlay, of Farnworth, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription A BRILLIANT STAR SHINES O'ER THIS GRAVE OF ONE WE LOVED SO YOUNG, SO BRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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