GROSE, William Ernest
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Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Grenadier Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
2617390
Died :
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Guardsman William Grose, 2 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action. He had embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 447 and has no known grave. Son of Ernest Albert Grose, and of Agnes Grose, of Welling, Kent.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/41(1942) and WO417/94 (1945).
St Nazaire Society website.
St Nazaire Society website.
Primary Roll of Honour:
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