RHODES, Francis Mons

Known as: 
Snowy
Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5956694
Died : 
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
27
Local Roll of Honour: 
Private Francis Rhodes, known as 'Snowy', was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later reported killed in action. Son of Francis and Grace Lilian Rhodes; husband of Joan Eva Rhodes, of East Ham, Essex.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49 and WO417/56.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
 

Notes
Reference is made to him in our entry for Captain Richard Wills.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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