Army Number: 2721609 Rank: Guardsman Name: W BYRNE Unit: 1 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, 400 Local Currency
Casualty Guardsman BYRNE, WILLIAM Service Number 2721609 Died 30/01/1944 Aged 28 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Terence and Annie Byrne, of Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION: HE DIED AT HIS POST LIKE A SOLDIER BRAVE HE SLEEPS FAR AWAY IN A HERO'S GRAVE Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Cemetery/memorial reference: IV, J, 11.
