SKELLAND, Colin
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 1909
Born:
Wednesday, May 28, 1919
Birthplace:
Doncaster, Yorkshire
Died :
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine Colin Skelland died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
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