Army Number: 2721334 Rank: Guardsman Name: W COOGAN Unit: 2 Company, 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 1000 Local Currency ; Missing believed POW ; Killed in Action 4 February 1944
Casualty Guardsman COOGAN, WILLIAM Service Number 2721334 Died 04/02/1944 Aged 23 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of James and Mary Coogan, of Kirkdale, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION: MY SON, YOU DIED SO PEACE COULD BE FOREVER IN OUR ISLE THIS ENGLAND, OUR HOME. MAM AND DAD Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Cemetery/memorial reference: I, B, 6. See cemetery plan
