John Currie

John Currie

Birth 1888 Death 9th Oct 1917 Pte
Machine Gun Guards
Service #794

Personal Details

GRO Ref
Place of Birth Cleator
Residence at Enlistment Prospect Row, Cleator, Cumberland
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Residence 1911 Census Prospect Row, Cleator
School(s) Attended
Religion/Church Attended
Organisation Membership
Employment/Trade
Place of Work
Family (Parents and Grandparents) 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.
Wife's Name and Maiden Name Single
Remarriage of Widow na
Children's Christian Name(s) na
Family Connection to Roll of Honour

Awards

The Victory Medal
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
The British War Medal, 1914-18

Military Details

Regiment at Enlistment Machine Gun Guards
Battalion at Enlistment 4th Btn,
Rank at Enlistment Pte
Naval Vessels Served na
Service Number at Enlistment 794
Date of Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Other Regiment
Other Battalion
Other Rank
Date of Transfer to other Regiment
Service Facts
Battalion Diary or Nautical Facts

Death and Memorial Details

Age at Death 29
Date of Death 9th Oct 1917
Regiment at Death Machine Gun Guards
Battalion/Vessel at Death 4th
Rank at Death Pte
Circumstances of Death Killed in Action
Service Number at Death 794
Field of Action at Death France and Flanders
Place of Death Ypres
Battle at Death Battle of Passchendale
Grave/Memorial Image No image.
Location of Grave/Memorial Tyne Cot Memorial
Grave Position Panel 11.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/842147/currie,-john/
Grave/Memorial Country
Private Memorial Men Of Cleator And Trumpet Terrace (WMR 3946), Cleator, Cumbria

Other

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