MILNE, Alexander
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Known as:
Ginger
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
'Special Boat Section'
Regiment/Corps:
Gordon Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2878140
Born:
Sunday, November 24, 1918
Birthplace:
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died :
Sunday, June 6, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Sergeant Alexander Milne was reported missing 6 June 1943 after a raid to destroy a radar station on Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea (Operation Buttercup), later confirmed killed in action, whilst serving in 'Z' Special Boat Section. He has no known grave. Previously served in No.6 Commando 101 Troop. Nephew of Catherine Robertson, of Keith, Banffshire.
Also took part in Operation Reservist at Oran Harbour, November 1942.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/63 and WO417/87.
The SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour entries for Milne and Sinclair.
The book SBS in World War 2, author G.B. Courtney.
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