WILSON, Desmond John

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 2546
Born: 
Sunday, October 17, 1920
Birthplace: 
Swaffham, Norfolk
Died : 
Friday, January 1, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Marine Desmond Wilson died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk. Son of Jesse Ernest and Alice Mary Wilson, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/139.
 
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