TOMKINS, Jack Samuel Richard

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 108572
Born: 
Thursday, February 21, 1924
Birthplace: 
Thornton Heath, Surrey
Died : 
Wednesday, March 29, 1944
Died on war service
Age: 
20

Marine Jack Tomkins died at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex.  At the time of his death the Commando were engaged in cliff assault and seaborne landing exercises in preparation for DDay.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt Johnson RM.

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