Remembering Today 22/4/43 Fusilier:James David Irwin,6984357,Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6th Bn.

IRWIN, JAMES DAVID
Rank:
Fusilier
Service No:
6984357
Date of Death:
22/04/1943
Age:
21
Regiment/Service:
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
6th Bn.
Panel Reference:
Face 20.
Memorial:
MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIALhttp://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2542198/

 

Fusilier Irwin was probably killed during the Battalion's renewed assault on Djebel Tanngoucha that started on the evening of Maundy Thursday - and when the Irish Brigade achieved complete success in the area on Easter Monday, it facilitated the attacks on Longstop that opened the road to Tebourba and thus opened the way to Tunis....Faugh a Ballagh !