SENTANCE, Arthur Francis Geoffrey
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X 115136
Born:
Monday, September 3, 1923
Birthplace:
Great Ponton, Lincolnshire
Died :
Friday, April 21, 1944
Died on war service
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Corporal Arthur Sentance died en route to the British General Hospital, Caserta, Italy. Son of Arthur Ernest and Mary Ann Sentance, of Great Ponton, Lincolnshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Death: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Notes
The CWGC show no specific unit other than 'RM Commando' on their record.
The headstone at his grave can be viewed HERE.
The Commando units in that theatre of war were part of 2 Special Service Brigade.
The November 1944 edition of the RM Globe and Laurel list his name under 'dying on war service'.
The Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour show 40RM Commando, cause of death as 'Accident'.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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