MCKENNA, George
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
EX 3363
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Saturday, July 12, 1919
Birthplace:
Middlesborough, Yorkshire
Died :
Thursday, October 26, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Corporal George McKenna died in Corfu. His Commando were engaged in policing operations there after recently liberating the island. He received a Mention in Despatches for devotion to duty during operations in the Mediterranean theatre covering a period from 1st April to 10th September, 1944. Son of George and Mary Ellen McKenna, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
London Gazette 36979, page 1386.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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