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McCormick Harry 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20963

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SKR/DAT/IP/20963
Title
McCormick Harry 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: McCormick;

Forename(s): Harry;

Initials: H;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Copstadt;

Resided in: Johannesburg;

Previous Battalion: 2/5 of;

Previous Regiment: E Lanc Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 6 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 08-May-1917;

Other Data: b 17/8/1876
arrived in 6 Coy 26/11/1916
mentioned war diary 14/3/1917
W: 26/4/1917 - died 8/5/1917 St Clotilde, Douai
POW Germany 28/4/1917 Arras - wounded, thigh, pelvis
ICRC Ref: PA12881/13909/14429/14876/15511;

Other Notes: Died a POW.
McCORMICK, Second Lieutenant, H, East Lancashire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 8th May 1917. Age 43. Son of the Rev. R. McCormick and Mrs. Jessie McCormick, of Johannesburg; husband of Kathleen McCormick, of Fishhoek, Cape Province, South Africa. D. 16. Douai Communal Cemetery - Nord, France.;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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