SAGE, William Colston
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 106647
Born:
Saturday, April 7, 1923
Birthplace:
Bristol, Gloucestershire
Died :
Monday, November 13, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine William Sage died at Ostend, Belgium. Son of Edward Colston Sage and Ethel Elizabeth Sage, of Bristol.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Notes
It is likely that he died of wounds as there was a military hospital close to Oostende New Communal Cemetery where some of the wounded from Operation Infatuate, such as Capt. R.G. Mackenzie, had been taken.
Primary Roll of Honour:
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