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Private JAMES JOSEPH McCARTHY

Service Number: 3189300
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

IV. E. 3.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margret McCarthy, of Partick, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TOOK YOU FROM US ONE SAD DAY AND FOR YOU ALWAYS WE WILL PRAY. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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