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Private WILLIAM McELEAVEY

Service Number: 27/473
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1916

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

F. 42.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah McEleavey, of 48, Low Albion St., Witton Park, Co. Durham; husband of the late Catherine McEleavey.
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Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 837
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