HARVEY, William Joseph Alphonso
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Rank:
Colour Sergeant
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 2905
Born:
Monday, July 4, 1921
Birthplace:
Helston, Cornwall
Died :
Wednesday, April 11, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Colour Sergeant William Harvey, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
[2a] Births registered in Helston Jul, Aug, Sept. 1921.
[3] 40RM Commando War Diary Oct'42 (Reports on Events after Dieppe).
Notes
Source [2] account by William Harvey records at Dieppe he was Corporal (acting Platoon Sergeant).
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