GROVES, Fernley William Thomas
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
4038826
Born:
Sunday, December 28, 1913
Died :
Tuesday, December 1, 1942
Between:
Tuesday, December 1, 1942 to Sunday, December 6, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Private Fernley Groves was reported missing on 6 December 1942, later presumed killed in action, during operations at Bizerte, Tunisia. He has no known grave. Son of George and Mary Groves, of Madeley, Shropshire.
In 1939 he was single, employed as an Iron Moulder, residing with his widowed mother Mary, and believed to be his 2 brothers, Harry and Denis, at 20 Prince Street, Madeley, Telford.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55 (1942) and WO417/70 (1944).
The 1939 Register covering Wenlock, Shropshire.
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