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Personal data

• Name McROY
• Initials JG
• First name John George
• Place of birth Hetton Downs
• Country Durham, England
• Last residence Sunderland
• Family Son of James and Rosannah McRoy, of Wayman Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland; his brother James served with the Yorkshire Regiment, 6th Bn., and died on 27 August 1917 (remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial); he had two other brothers, Benjamin and William Henry and two sisters, Suan Mary and Anne;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Newcastle-on-tyne
• Service number C/12908
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 21st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
• Division - Brigade 124th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 41st Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 17 June 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - F - 17

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