243516 John Kevin MAGUIRE, 2 Irish Guards

Personal Number: 243516
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Name: John Kevin MAGUIRE
Unit: Irish Guards

London Gazette : 25 September 1942
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35716/supplement/4161/data.pdf
FOOT GUARDS.
The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. 4th Sept. 1942:—
I. G'ds. : -
John Kevin MAGUIRE (243516).

 

Casualty

Lieutenant MAGUIRE, JOHN KEVIN
Service Number 243516
Died 04/08/1944
Aged 21
2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Son of David Percy and Edith Mary Maguire, of Liverpool.
Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Location: Calvados, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: V. D. 3.
See cemetery plan

 

2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944

No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards
No. 3 Troop

Serial: 73
Vehicle No: 147619
Type of Vehicle: Sherman

• 243516 John Kevin MAGUIRE, 2 Irish Guards Lieutenant, Tp Offr
• 2723489 A MOORE, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Op
• 2721934 Harold RAMSDEN, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Op
• 2723139 C MARTIN, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Mech
• 3523394 A CHAPMAN, 2 Irish Guards Lance Corporal, D/Mech

Total Officers: 1
Total Other Ranks: 4