Pte
John Currie
Military Details
Service Number: 794
Vessel Served
na
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th Machine Gun Guards
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Prospect Row, Cleator, Cumberland
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
4th Btn,
Service Number at Enlistment
794
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1888
Place of Birth
Cleator
Residence (Census)
Prospect Row, Cleator
Parents
William and Jane Currie (nee Skelton) m in 1883, Whitehaven
Siblings
Ann Jane Currie, William Currie and step-sisters Mary E Graves, Margaret J Graves and Martha D Graves.
Married
Single
Children
na
Remarriage of Widow
na
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
9th October 1917
Age at Death
29
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
France and Flanders
Battle
Battle of Passchendale
Regiment at Death
Machine Gun Guards
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
Tyne Cot Memorial
Grave Position: Panel 11.
Private Memorial: Men Of Cleator And Trumpet Terrace (WMR 3946), Cleator, Cumbria
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