ROBBINS, Albert William Frederick
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Somerset Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
72278
Died :
Sunday, August 20, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Private Albert Robbins died during operations at Normandy, France, in the Plain Gruchet area. He had married Miss Doris Adelaide Standing a month earlier on the 10th May 1944.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Report on his marriage in the Worthing Herald newspaper 12th May 1944.
[3] ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
Notes
Rank shown as on CWGC database. His rank in the newspaper and image shows Corporal.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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