KNILL, Ivor Richard
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5621746
Died :
Wednesday, August 23, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private Ivor Knill died of wounds during operations in France. At the time of his death his Commando, with the rest of the 1st Special Service Brigade, were engaged in an operation in the area of Le Plain Gruchet to infiltrate enemy lines and continue the offensive towards the Seine [1][2][3].
- 14 July 1943 wounded during operations at Agnone, Sicily (3 Commando Bridge) [4][4a].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/81.
[3] ROH in Commando - Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig John Durnford-Slater.
[4] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
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