MCCAUGHEY, Henry

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 101290
Honours & Awards: 
Born: 
Monday, July 17, 1922
Birthplace: 
Belfast, County Antrim
Died : 
Thursday, February 3, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Corporal Henry McCaughey was reported missing presumed died. He has no known grave. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in fighting at Monte Ornito and Monte Faito, Italy. Mentioned in Despatches for outstanding service while operating with the Allied Armies in Italy. Son of Henry and Jane McCaughey, of Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
 
Sources
CWGC.
London Gazette 36903, page 518.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
 
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