LAWTON, Edward Gerald

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
47RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 115276
Born: 
Monday, August 3, 1925
Birthplace: 
Jersey, Channel Islands
Died : 
Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Local Roll of Honour: 
Lance Corporal Edward Lawton died during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. Son of Colonel K. Lawton and Mrs. Lawton, of Glengariff, Co. Cork, Irish Republic.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
 
Notes
There was a military hospital close to Oostende New Communal Cemetery where some of the wounded, had been taken.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 

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