PRIOR, George Joseph

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Suffolk Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14766071
Died : 
Sunday, January 28, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
18
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Grave of Pte Prior No.6 Commando
Private George Prior, 6 troop, was killed in action whilst part of a reconnaissance patrol supported by tanks sent out from Sint Joostbrug, Holland. Son of Bertie and Elizabeth May Prior, of Wimblington, Cambridgeshire.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO418/88.
No.6 Commando War Diary 28th January 1945 and Patrol Report in Appdx. 7.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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