CALWAY, David Gerald
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'45 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
RM 24220
Born:
Wednesday, March 16, 1949
Died :
Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Died on active service
Age:
18
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine David Calway, aged 18 from Cheltenham, was gunned down by unknown Arabs in the back streets of the Crescent area of Aden while in civilian clothes. He joined the Royal Marines at Deal in November 1965. His passing out ceremony at Lympstone was in October 1966. A keen athlete and boxer he went to Aden in January 1967 for his first overseas deployment.
Sources
AFM ROH.
British Casualties, Aden 1955-1967.
The Times 18th May 1967.
AFM ROH.
British Casualties, Aden 1955-1967.
The Times 18th May 1967.
The Western Daily Press 19 May 1967, p1.
[Image] Bristol Evening Post 19 May 1967, p12.
Primary Roll of Honour:
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