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Pte. William McGucken

British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

(d.9th of June 1915)

Private William McGucken served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 10th Brigade, 4th Division. He was involved in the fighting in 1914 at the Battle of Le Cateau, the Battle of the Marne, the Battle of the Aisne, and the Battle for Messines Ridge.

William was killed in action on 9th of June 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres. His name is memorialised on Panel 42 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, in Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.



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