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Guardsman DAVID HUGH McELNEA

Service Number: 2694136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 February 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

V. H. 4.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Rebecca McElnea; husband of Gertrude McElnea, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription "AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH" JOHN X. 28
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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