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Rifleman JAMES McILROY

Service Number: 7012990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

1st (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IA. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Sarah McIlroy, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; husband of Nancy McIlroy, of Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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