MCCURRIE, Peter
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Rank:
Rifleman
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Border Regiment
Royal Ulster Rifles
Service:
Army
Number:
3599032
Born:
Monday, May 22, 1916
Died :
Monday, February 26, 1951
Died on active service
Age:
34
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Rifleman Peter McCurrie, formerly of No.6 Commando in WW2, died during operations in Korea serving with the Royal Ulster Rifles. He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. Remembered on the UN Memorial Wall at Pusan, and his name is also inscribed on the War Memorial at Frizington, Cumbria.
- 26 February 1943 Private McCurrie, Border Regiment attached No.6 Commando, wounded during operations in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm)*.
Sources
AFM ROH
Commando Association newsletter 18 issued March 1954.
* Casualty Lists 1939-1945 / National Archives file WO417/58.
Image credits
The Whitehaven News’ & Cumbria Archives Service.
website 2ndww.blogspot.com post by user 'ritsonvaljos'.
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