BURNS, Ronald Edward David

Rank: 
Rifleman
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
King's Royal Rifle Corps (11th Bn)
(1st Bn. Queen's Westminsters)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6895664
Died : 
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Rifleman Ronald Burns, 6 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He embarked for the raid on ML 268.
Son of Edward and Alice Janet Burns, of Brockley, London.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/41 and WO417/59.
St Nazaire Society website.
[Image] Cropped from No.2 Cdo. 6 troop photo in gallery.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes

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