SMITH, Roy Montague

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 106635
Born: 
Monday, April 17, 1922
Birthplace: 
Meliden, Flintshire
Died : 
Wednesday, April 18, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Cpl. Roy M. Smith 43RM Commando
Corporal Roy Smith, 'A' troop, died in the blast from two enemy 88mm shells whilst leading his section during operations at Lake Comacchio and Argenta, Italy.
 
Roy Smith left school at about 14 and served an apprenticeship as a market gardener before joining the Royal Marines and the Commandos in 1943. Read some of his letters provided by his nephew in our gallery entry here Cpl. Roy Montague Smith.
 
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
His nephew Roy.
CVA Gallery entry.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes

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