Sicily, 1943
375 Bernard Radford
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 3910467
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
376 William Williams
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4187864
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Williams was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
377 Patrick Hanley
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3783571
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
Corporal Hanley was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded. Hanley was from Huyton in Lancashire. His parents were Patrick and Bridget Hanley.
378 William Henry Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4209577
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Williams was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
379 Robert Bates
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981811
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Corporal Bates was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
380 Stanley George Walsh
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985066
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Walsh was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded. He was from Belfast. His parents were William and Malvina Walsh.
381 Haydn Vernon Dackins
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3973004
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Dackins was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
382 Michael John Beer
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3971671
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Beer was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
383 Norman Wildgoose
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 14201280
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
Rifleman Wildgoose was the son of Evan and Elizabeth Wildgoose of Tintwistle Cheshire.
384 Oswald Griffiths
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 5954754
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania
385 Alfred Butler
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044889
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Catania
386 William Hanna
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles Service number: 112985
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Catania
Capt Hanna, who was D Company Commander, died in the attack on Centuripe. William Hanna had been born in Armagh in 1921 to Susan and George Walker Hanna and was the youngest of three brothers, the other two boys being Robert and James. William Hanna began his army career at Sandhurst in July 1939 and was commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles (RUR) soon after the outbreak of war. During early 1940, 2nd Lieutenant Hanna joined up with the RUR at their depot in Northern Ireland. Hanna was posted to the Faughs on 13 May 1943 after being posted to the British North African Force as a reinforcement. He was promoted to Captain and made second-in-command of A Company. Hanna took over command of D Company after the Tunisian campaign.
Read more about William Hanna here.
386a John McCrorie
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3135255
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
387 Harry Imbush
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7014884
Date: 03.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Bone
Fusilier Imbush was the son of Henry and Annie Imbush of Battersea, London.
388 Thomas Davies
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3534935
Date: 03.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
389 Robert Roberts
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3772693
Date: 03.08.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Catania
390 Daniel Enright
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044328
Date: 04.08.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: El Alia, Algeria
391 David William Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4195254
Date: 04.08.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Jones was killed during the crossing of the River Salso north of Centuripe which began on the morning of 4 August. Jones was the son of George and Louisa Jones.
392 John Loughrey
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6976602
Date: 04.08.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Catania
Lance Sergeant John Loughrey was killed during the crossing of the River Salso north of Centuripe which began on the morning of 4 August.
393 Charles Mulcaster
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 14206440
Date: 04.08.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Catania
John Williams
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 6019156
Date: 04.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Syracuse
394 John Steel
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044644
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
395 Samuel Morrow
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 279504
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Catania
Leutenant Morrow died from wounds suffered in the assault on Point 708 at Centuripe. He was the son of David and Annie Morrow of Killyleagh County Down. He was married to Marguerite Morrow of Killyleagh.
396 Robert Trainor
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985571
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 18 Place of burial: Catania
Robert Trainor was from Tyrone and was 18 years old when he was killed. He was the son of William and Sarah Trainor, of Castledawson. The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Trainor may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August.
397 Oswald Henderson
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 4267945
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Catania
398 Frederick Birch
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Army Catering Corps Service number: 7044723
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania
The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Rifleman Birch may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August. He was married to Edna Birch from Acocks Green in Birmingham. His parents were Thomas and Evelyn Birch.
399 Samuel Wilde
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3712674
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Catania
The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Lance Corporal Wilde may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wilde of St Helens, Lancashire.
400 Kenneth Way
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4198926
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Fusilier Way may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August. He was the husband of Dorothy Way of Malpas, Newport in Monmouthshire. He was the son of William and Mabel Way.
401 Alfred George Howells
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: London Irish Rifles, attached from Beds/Herts Regiment Service number: 234061
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Lt Howells was platoon commander in H Company, and was killed leading his men in an attack on a German position on the River Simeto. He was on attachment to the London Irish from the 6th Battalion of the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment.
402 Robert Chapman
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 6475374
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Catania
403 Arthur Hunt
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7014596
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Catania
404 Samuel Garratt
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 6475463
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Catania
405 Frederick Sargeant
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 6470376
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Catania
406 Victor Hooke
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7012832
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Catania
407 Stanley Curwen
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 14206252
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
408 Dawson Patterson
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7020159
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
409 Augustus Fitzpatrick
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7018587
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Catania
Rifleman Fitzpatrick was the son of John and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick and the husband of Olive Fitzpatrick of Weston Favell in Northamptonshire.
410 Robert Mark
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 5335217
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Catania
411 Andrew John Gardiner
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7022284
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
Rifleman Gardiner was the son of Mr and Mrs John Gardiner of Dublin. He had lied about his aged to enlist in the British Army in February 1939 with his friend James McCabe who was killed fighting with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers on Stuka Ridge in Tunisia on 26 February 1943.
412 George Haggerty
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7022289
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
413 James McCrone
Rank: Corporal Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 3250205
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
414 Godfrey Orr
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7019509
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Catania
415 Rufus Allen
Rank: Captain Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 172410
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Catania
Captain Allen was the son of Raymond and Florette Allen of Swinishead, Devon.
416 Joseph Forde
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7018590
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
417 William Cathcart
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7018987
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
418 Ernest Crisp
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 5834348
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Catania
419 Norman Hopkinson
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 3860386
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Catania
420 Robert Lee-Kinch
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7014324
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
421 William Fitzgerald
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7018586
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Catania
422 John Rodden
Rank: Corporal Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 3596875
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Catania
423 Joe Mullan
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7019096
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
424 George Hill
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7043525
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Catania
425 Christopher Gill
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3860352
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Catania
426 Thomas Parsons
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7014041
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
427 Michael McGuinness
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 6977098
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Catania
428 Ernest Bee
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 6097825
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Catania
429 James McNulty
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 13097626
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
430 Raymond Nixey
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 6104417
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
431 Peter Graal
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7046942
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 35 Place of burial: Catania
Lance Corporal Graal was married to Ethel Graal of Sneyd Green, Stoke on Trent. His parents were Peter and Mary Graal.
432 Thomas Steele
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3860530
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
433 Charles Plunkett O’Farrell MC
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 85700
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Catania
Major O’Farrell was OC of Support Company killed by mortar fire crossing the Salso river. He was the son of Lt Col Ernest and Selina O’Farrell of Christian Malford, Wiltshire. His father had also served in the Faughs. O’Farrell was commissioned into the Faughs and posted to the first battalion in early 1939. He commanded the carrier platoon until the Faughs were evacuated from Dunkirk. O’Farrell was awarded the Military Cross for courage and leadership in Belgium and France. He then commanded Headquarters company until January 1941 when he was made battalion adjutant. In early 1943, O’Farrell was appointed staff captain with the Irish Brigade. He rejoined the Faughs as major just before the invasion of Sicily. O’Farrell was killed when the Faughs’ battalion HQ was shelled around 1300 during crossing of the River Simeto in Sicily.
434 Albert Johnston
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 6978214
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Dely Ibrahim, Algeria
435 Harold Scarse
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7021970
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 17 Place of burial: Catania
436 William Cartledge
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 3784006
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
437 William Beavis
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 14224700
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
438 Michael Weir
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 14402260
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Catania
444 Frederick Lloyd
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 4074856
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
446 George Watt
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 6975419
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 35 Place of burial: Catania
447 Joseph Hall
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3596685
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania
448 Peter Savage
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles Service number: 88113
Date: 06.08.43 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania.
Major Savage was shot by mistake by a member of the Royal Irish Fusiliers on the night of 5 August.
449 George Worrall
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044047
Date: 07.08.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Catania
456 John Dooey
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7020039
Date: 08.08.1943 Age: 34 Place of burial: Syracuse
457 Robert Shea
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 6982334
Date: 09.08.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Tripoli
458 John Roberts
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044954
Date: 09.08.1943 Age:30 Place of burial: Catania
459 William Bertrand
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7022088
Date: 09.08.1943 Age: 36 Place of burial: Syracuse
460 David McClatchey
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7902391
Date: 10.08.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
462 James Purnell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7021110
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Catania
463 James Law
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7021679
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
464 Albert Roberts
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 6146492
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania
465 Leo Patrick McRory
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7014471
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Rifleman McRory was killed leading an attack during the battle for Maletto.
466 Felix Creaney
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7011620
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Catania
467 Joseph Gerald Fitzgerald
Rank: Major Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 71440
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 39 Place of burial: Catania
Major Fitzgerald, commander of F Company, was killed while crossing open country during the battle for Maletto. A university graduate and solicitor, he was married to Kathleen Fitzgerald of Brackenstown County Dublin. His parents were Michael and Agnes Fitzgerald.
An article about Joseph Fitzgerald can be found here
468 William Roffey
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7016207
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Catania
469 Peter Gregory
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 14407213
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
470 George Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3771847
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Catania
471 Thomas Gillis
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3772078
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Catania
472 Samuel Kennedy
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044534
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Catania
473 William Jackson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3597064
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Catania
474 William Martin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7043713
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Catania
475 Albert Hamlett
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 14234751
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
476 Reginald Holmes
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7022697
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Catania
477 Arthur Edwards
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 14218960
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Catania
478 Henry Dixon
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7045780
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Catania
479 John Williams
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044976
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Catania
480 Philip Lloyd
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 4193474
Date: 12.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
481 Edward Graham
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 4451503
Date: 13.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Catania
Read more about Edward Graham.
482 William Bolton
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 255824
Date: 13.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
Lt Bolton was killed in the pursuit towards Randazzo. He was the son of Samuel and Sadie Bolton of Belfast. He joined the Faughs in December 1942 after being commissioned. Bolton was posted temporarily to The Sherwood Foresters but rejoined the Faughs at the end of the Tunisian campaign. He was initially a platoon commander in A Company but was transferred to B Company when it lost most of its officers.
482a Henry George Cashel Garratt
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 27238
Date: 18.08.1943 Age: 40 Place of burial: Catania
Major Garratt, commander of B Company of the Faughs, was wounded in the pursuit towards Randazzo. Garratt had been commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles on 30 August 1923. He became a reservist in 1926. He was in the US when the war began and returned to serve with the RUR in France. After staff appointments. Garratt returned to the RUR and spent seven months with the London Irish Rifles. He volunteered for service and was attached to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Garratt joined the Faughs on 26 April and was made commander of B Company. He was the son of George and Alice Garratt and the husband of Cynthia E Garratt, of Newport, Essex.
483 Thomas Baybutt
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3860405
Date: 13.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania
484 George Roby
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 3858876
Date: 14.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
484a George Curphey
Rank: Lieutenant. Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached from Canadian Intelligence Corps Service number:
Date: 14.08.1943. Age: 31. Place of burial: Milan.
Lieutenant Curphey, who was from Nova Scotia in Canada, was captured in February 1943 and died in Italy while a POW. He was the son of William and Violet Curphey of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
485 James Murtagh MM
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7018170
Date: 15.08.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Tripoli
Rifleman Murtagh was a bren gunner in the London Irish attack on Monte Sperina in the final Irish Brigade battle in Sicily. He was hit by shrapnel and died of gangrene infection three days later.
Read more about Rifleman Murtagh here.
486 William Cooper
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers Service number: 7044559
Date: 18.08.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Catania
487 John McKee
Rank: CSM Unit: London Irish Rifles Service number: 7011969
Date: 20.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania