DAVIS, Alan
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Rank:
Sub Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
'Royal Naval Beach Commandos'
Service:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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Died :
Saturday, June 17, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
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Sub Lieutenant Alan Davis died during operations at Elba [1][2]. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "distinguished service in operations carried out in the face of determined opposition from the enemy which led to the capture of the island of Elba" [2]. He was an Assistant Beachmaster during the operation [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] London Gazette 36783, page 5088.
[3] Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire
Notes
The CWGC list his unit only as HMS Armadillo. This was a Combined Operations base in the UK.
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