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|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment.  Transferred to the Middlesex Regiment.  Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment.  Died between 31/3 and 1/4/1942 in Iceland.  Cause of death not yet known but may have been related to exposure/hypothermia.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment.  Transferred to the Middlesex Regiment.  Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment.  Died between 31/3 and 1/4/1942 in Iceland.  Cause of death not yet known but may have been related to exposure/hypothermia, as two other men have the same recorded details and are also buried at Akureyri. This suggests some sort of exercise accident?
 
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|Died/Killed in action=Died between 31st March and 1st April 1942.  Buried in Grave 3, Row B, Military Plot, Akureyri Cemetery, Iceland.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Died between 31st March and 1st April 1942.  Buried in Grave 3, Row B, Military Plot, Akureyri Cemetery, Iceland.
 
|Home address=No family information as yet.  None included on CWGC Commemorative Record.
 
|Home address=No family information as yet.  None included on CWGC Commemorative Record.
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|Image Name=Harold_McCormick_2nd_Kensingtons.jpg
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|Image Title=CWGC Headstone - Private Harld McCormick, 2nd Kensingtons.
 
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We did not visit the Cemetery at Akureyri on any of our visits to Iceland, so do not have an image of his headstone, nor is he included on the "Find A Grave" Website records.
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We did not visit the Cemetery at Akureyri on any of our visits to Iceland so far, so did not have an image of Private McCormick's headstone, nor is he yet included on the "Find A Grave" Website records, but, thanks to the curiosity of Clark McCormick (not a relative as far as is known) on a visit to Akureyri, we now do have an image, and it is displayed above.  Many thanks to Clark for his welcome initiative.

Latest revision as of 15:53, 6 January 2018

Personnel Entry

CWGC Headstone - Private Harld McCormick, 2nd Kensingtons.
CWGC Headstone - Private Harld McCormick, 2nd Kensingtons.

Name McCormick Harold
Army number 4125834
Rank Private
Decorations Not known
Date of birth Not yet known
Age Aged 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment. Transferred to the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Died between 31/3 and 1/4/1942 in Iceland. Cause of death not yet known but may have been related to exposure/hypothermia, as two other men have the same recorded details and are also buried at Akureyri. This suggests some sort of exercise accident?
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade Not associated with 70th Brigade during his period of service.
Promotions None as far as is known
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died between 31st March and 1st April 1942. Buried in Grave 3, Row B, Military Plot, Akureyri Cemetery, Iceland.
Home address No family information as yet. None included on CWGC Commemorative Record.
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We did not visit the Cemetery at Akureyri on any of our visits to Iceland so far, so did not have an image of Private McCormick's headstone, nor is he yet included on the "Find A Grave" Website records, but, thanks to the curiosity of Clark McCormick (not a relative as far as is known) on a visit to Akureyri, we now do have an image, and it is displayed above. Many thanks to Clark for his welcome initiative.