STOVELL, William Charles
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
47RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X110734
Born:
Sunday, August 19, 1923
Birthplace:
Chedworth, Gloucestershire
Died :
Sunday, January 14, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine William Stovell died during an unsuccessful attack on the German held small island of Kapelsche Veer which lies between the River Maas and the River Oudermaas.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
Professor (Capt) John Forfar MC. 47RM Cdo. 'From Omaha to the Scheldt.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/347/435.
Notes
There was a German emergency hospital in Werkendam where the wounded were cared for, and those who died there are buried in the village cemetery. (Source: CWGC.)
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