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Date of death
Auxiliary Units role
Scout Section
Details
He served in the Devon Scout Section.
In July 1943 he transferred to the 12th Devonshire (Airborne), mostly likely as the Scout Section was reduced in size. He was killed during the fighting around Ranville, near Pegasus Bridge, on the day after D Day, aged 26 years. His battalion had largely arrived by sea, due to a lack of aircraft to deliver this glider borne unit by air. He was killed in a mortar attack during their first night in France.
He is buried at Ranville Churchyard, France.