NEEDHAM, Henry Joseph

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6352681
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Catania War Cemetery Italy
Operations: 
‘Sicily - Operation Husky’

Private Henry Needham died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Joseph George and Ethel Beatrice Needham, of Stratford, Essex.

Sources
CWGC.

Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
3 Commando Roll of Honour
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
3 Commando at Sicily and Malati Bridge’
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando

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