HELSTRIP, Anthony John
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'45 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
P037325K
Born:
Wednesday, June 14, 1961
Died :
Thursday, March 18, 1982
Died in service
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Anthony Helstrip from London was attached to the Mortar Platoon. He died when a mortar bomb exploded in the barrel during a live firing training exercise on Otterburn Ranges, Northumberland. Also killed were Marines Peter Butchers and Glenn Miller.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Report in the Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 23 March 1982.
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