TAAFFE, William
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 103178
Born:
Thursday, August 5, 1920
Birthplace:
Preston, Lancashire
Died :
Friday, September 17, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine William Taaffe died during operations at Salerno, Italy, this date being that of the action on the hills by the village of Piegolelle (or Piegolette). Son of George and May Taaffe, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Nora Taaffe.
His brother also died in the war - C/KX 152295 Stoker 1st Class Geoffrey Taaffe, aged 20, H.M. Submarine Usurper. 12th October 1943. Remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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