LAW, James Ernest

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 105624
Born: 
Wednesday, June 1, 1921
Birthplace: 
Halesowen, Warwickshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Local Roll of Honour: 
Corporal James Law died during operations in Holland. Son of Arthur Law, and of Annie Millicent Law, of Ashwell, Hertfordshire. Corporal Law was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and he was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. 
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Births registered Jul, Aug, Sept. 1921 - Stourbridge.
England and Wales Government Probate Deaths Index 1945.
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