STRADLING, Robert Fettes

Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
EX/3351
Honours & Awards: 
Born: 
Tuesday, October 21, 1919
Birthplace: 
Burley-in-Wharfdale, Yorkshire
Died : 
Friday, September 17, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Local Roll of Honour: 

Sergeant Robert Stradling died during operations at Salerno, Italy, this date being that of the action on the hills by the village of Piegolelle (or Piegolette). He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for outstanding service whilst operating with the allied armies in Italy. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Stradling; husband of Doris Lily Stradling, of Topsham, Devon.

Sources
CWGC.

London Gazette 36903, page 518 published 23 January 1945.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.

Primary Roll of Honour: 

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