Rifleman Thomas Majurey of Belfast died of wounds on 3rd June 1940 having returned to England with the British Expeditionary Force from the Dunkirk evacuation.
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Rifleman Thomas Majurey (7013776) served in 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles during the Second World War. Known as Tom, he was the son of Andrew Majurey and Dorothy Majurey of 4 Pollard Street, Belfast. A brother John Majurey of 44 Rathcoole Street, Belfast also served during the Second World War.
Rifleman Majurey died on 3rd June 1940 aged 19 years old at a military hospital in Dover, Kent, England. His cause of death was as a result of wounds sustained during the Dunkirk evacuation. His grave is in Glenalina Extension, Section S1, Grave 312 of Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast. His headstone bears the inscription:
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.