McGrory Augustine Edmund L/Cpl 4457156

Personnel Entry

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.
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