Casualty Lieutenant MCCORKELL, FRANCIS DUDLEY PAKENHAM Service Number 258178 Died 06/08/1944 Aged 21 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, Kt., M.B.E., J.P., D.L., and of Lady McCorkell (nee Usher), of Ballyarnett, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. INSCRIPTION: I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH. 2ND TIMOTHY IV.7 Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Cemetery/memorial reference: V. F. 13. See cemetery plan
Personal Number: 258178 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Francis Dudley Pakenham McCORKELL Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 5 February 1943 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35890/supplement/647/data.pdf FOOT GUARDS. The undermentioned Cadet to be 2nd Lt.:— I. G'ds. 2nd Jan. 1943:— Francis Dudley Pakenham McCORKELL (258178).