GARLAND, Lindsay Ernest Albert
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Rank:
Sergeant ( Acting Troop Sergeant Major)
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Essex Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6012353
Died :
Thursday, September 16, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Troop Sergeant Major Lindsay Garland, 2 troop, died during operations at Salerno, Italy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Garland; husband of Margaret Garland, of Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire.
He was with Captain the Duke of Wellington [more...] during the attack on 'The Pimple' in the village of Piegolelle, Salerno. Both were killed.
He was with Captain the Duke of Wellington [more...] during the attack on 'The Pimple' in the village of Piegolelle, Salerno. Both were killed.
- 28 March 1942 the then Lance Sergeant Garland embarked on motor launch ML 447 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St. Nazaire. Evacuated back to the UK after the raid.
Sources
CWGC.
2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
St Nazaire Society.
CVA Gallery images.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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