7013152 Owen McILROY, 1 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: between 6/1/43 and 7/1/43

Remembering Today

Casualty
Fusilier MCILROY, OWEN
Service Number 7013152
Died Between 06/01/1943 and 07/01/1943
Aged 23
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Husband of Mary McIlroy, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL
Location: Myanmar
Number of casualties: 26857
Cemetery/memorial reference: Face 11.

 

UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: Owen McIlroy
Given Initials: O
Rank: Fusilier
Death Date: Jan 1943
Number: 7013152
Birth Place: Belfast
Residence: Belfast
Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Ulster Rifles
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: Burma
Regiment at Death: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Branch at Death: Infantry

Probable birth details
Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
Name: Owen McIlroy
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Registration district: Belfast
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 447
FHL Film Number: 101078

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Pte. McIlroy was reported missing on the 7th January 1943. His unit were fighting the Japanese at Donbaik in the Arakan region of Burma.

MIA Roll:

 

NAME: Owen McIlroy
BIRTH: Dec 1919 - Belfast, Ireland