HEARN, William Herbert
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
8 Commando
'Special Air Service'
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5625251
Died :
Tuesday, October 5, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private William Hearn died during operations at Termoli, Italy with the Special Raiding Squadron having left the Commando. A shell hit the truck that he was sitting in.
Service
No. 3 Commando 'A' Troop; No.8 Commando, 4 Special Service Battalion; 'B' Bn. Layforce; Middle East Commando; 1st SAS; Special Raiding Squadron.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/57 and WO417/69.
[Service] The SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour 1941 -1947.
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