PORTER, Ernest William
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 104940
Born:
Wednesday, January 12, 1921
Birthplace:
Plymouth, Devon
Died :
Wednesday, September 1, 1943
Died on active service
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
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Marine Ernest Porter was one of five commandos who died from injuries sustained in the accidental explosion of an ammunition truck in Sicily. He is buried in a collective grave with three others, Marines Robert Denmark, Frank Spencer, and Albert Wise.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
Precise location shown on National Archives file ADM 104/137 (Mne. Spencer).
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Notes
War Diary records location of Commando as Messina; ADM104/137 file for Mne Spencer records explosion at Cannizaro.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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