MCCURRIE, Peter

Rank: 
Rifleman
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Border Regiment
Royal Ulster Rifles
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3599032
Born: 
Monday, May 22, 1916
Died : 
Monday, February 26, 1951
Died on active service
Age: 
34
Rifleman Peter McCurrie
Rifleman Peter McCurrie, formerly of No.6 Commando in WW2, died during operations in Korea serving with the Royal Ulster Rifles. He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. Remembered on the UN Memorial Wall at Pusan, and his name is also inscribed on the War Memorial at Frizington, Cumbria.
  • 26 February 1943 Private McCurrie, Border Regiment attached No.6 Commando, wounded during operations in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm)*.
Sources
AFM ROH
Commando Association newsletter 18 issued March 1954.
* Casualty Lists 1939-1945 / National Archives file WO417/58.
 
Image credits
The Whitehaven News’ & Cumbria Archives Service.
website 2ndww.blogspot.com post by user 'ritsonvaljos'.
 
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