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|Surname and forenames=McGrory Augustine Edmund
|Surname and forenames=McGrory Augustine Edmund
|Army number=4457156
|Army number=4457156
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Rank=Lance Corporal.
|Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
|Date of birth=Born 1918/19.
|Age=21
|Age=21 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category "B".
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category "B".
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Home address=Son of Austin and Mary McGrory, South Shields.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 1, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
|Company/Battery=B Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads: LET THE PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
|Home address=Son of Austin and Mary McGrory, South Shields.   
|Image Name=McGrory_A_E_4457156.JPG
|Image Name=McGrory_A_E_4457156.JPG
|Image Title=L/Cpl A E McGrory's CWGC headstone.
|Image Title=L/Cpl A E McGrory's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}

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L/Cpl A E McGrory's CWGC headstone.

Name McGrory Augustine Edmund
Army number 4457156
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category "B".
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 1, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads: LET THE PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
Home address Son of Austin and Mary McGrory, South Shields.
Source table 1TS

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