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Sapper WILLIAM CUTHBERT McCARTHY

Service Number: 470874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

206th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUMOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

2.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Margaret A. McCarthy, of 29, Simonside Terrace, East Jarrow, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF A HERO BRAVE FOR KING AND COUNTRY HIS LIFE HE GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUMOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Namur Belgium
Number of casualties: 6
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