PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: WALLACE, Michael DOB: 1922, 2nd Quarter Place of Birth: Limerick, Ireland Residence: Limerick, Ireland Parents: William Wallace and Christina Wallace, of Thomondgate, Limerick, Irish Republic. Photo: SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 2724056 Rank: Guardsman Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion As at 01/09/1939: Enlisted: Soldier's Will: Find a will | GOV.UK - 2724056 WALLACE Michael 11 September 1944 CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 11/09/1944 Age at Death: 22 Casualty Type: Killed in Action Cemetery: LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: Cemetery Photo: Grave Reference: I. D. 4. Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Grave Concentration: Headstone: Reburial Date: 22/02/1946 Original Burial Place / Map Reference: KOMMEL BELGIUM GSGS 2541, 1/100,000, Sh. 5, 351955, by house in S.W. corner of Crds. Inscription: "In memory of My loving son Michael Of Limerick City, Ireland R.I.P." Army Casualty List (WO 417): 2724056 Guardsman Wallace, M 1944 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: published 1st March 1945: Killed - WALLACE, Guardsman M. MEDALS Campaign Medals: France & Germany Star Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion, 1943 Jan - Dec | WW2Talk War Diary: 3rd Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 Archive Files: WO 417 Publications: Accounts: War Memorial: Newspaper: Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 Name: Michael Wallace Given Initials: M Rank: Guardsman Death Date: 11 Sep 1944 Number: 2724056 Birth Place: Eire Residence: Eire Branch at Enlistment: Foot Guards Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: Irish Guards Branch at Death: Foot Guards Casualty Guardsman WALLACE, MICHAEL Service Number 2724056 Died 11/09/1944 Aged 22 3rd Bn. Irish Guards Son of William and Christina Wallace, of Thomondgate, Limerick, Irish Republic. INSCRIPTION: IN MEMORY OF MY LOVING SON MICHAEL OF LIMERICK CITY, IRELAND R.I.P. Buried at LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Location: Limburg (Belgium), Belgium Cemetery/memorial reference: I. D. 4. See cemetery plan
