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The CWGC record Sergeant John Coyle as the husband of Gretta Coyle of Ballyscullion, County Londonderry. |
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Sergeant John Coyle is buried in Ranville Cemetery in France. |
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Sergeant John Coyle was serving with the 1st (Airborne) Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles when he was killed in action on 7th June 1944. He was 34 years old. |
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Sergeant Coyle served in A Company. As part of the Normand landings in June 1944, he landed on Drop Zone N at Ranville in France at 9pm on 6th June 1944. It is believed he was killed at Ste Honorine the following morning. |
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Sergeant John Coyle was serving with the 1st (Airborne) Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles in World War Two. |
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There were no Coyles living in Ballyscullion or Bellaghy according to the 1911 census. |
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John Coyle was born about 1910. |