UFTON, Edward Albert
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Known as:
Teddy
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Born:
Sunday, March 8, 1936
Died :
Tuesday, November 6, 1956
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant Edward Ufton, 'B' Troop, from Burton-on-Trent, died during Operation Musketeer, the Anglo-French Invasion of Port Said, Egypt. He was leading a section clearing the Customs House when killed by enemy fire.
Sources
AFM ROH
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC.
Hampshire Telegraph - Friday 14 December 1956.
[Image] Burton Observer and Chronicle 14 November 1957.
British Newspaper Archive (website britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk); The British Library Board.
Primary Roll of Honour:
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