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Monday, August 02, 2004

CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

The CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) is online and allows you to search for persons who were war casuality.

On searching for ROCHE with Nationality as Indian, I found two entries -

Name: ROCHE, KELLY J.
Initials: K J
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Madras & Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
Unit Text: 1st/32nd Bn.
Date of Death: 21/11/1918
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: MADRAS (ST. PATRICK'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI

Name: ROCHE, PATRICK JOSEPH
Initials: P J
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Secondary Regiment: 1st King George's Own Sappers & Miners
Secondary Unit Text: attd.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 25/08/1917
Awards: MC
Additional information: Son of William and Ellen Roche, of Cork.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. C. 8.
Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

A general search for the ROCHE surname yielded 262 results.

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