TUCHMANN, Bernhard

Served as : 
TAYLOR, Bernard
Known as: 
Benny
Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Lincolnshire Regiment
Pioneer Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
13116422
Born: 
Thursday, March 6, 1924
Birthplace: 
Vienna, Austria
Died : 
Sunday, June 11, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
20
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Bernard Taylor, birthname Bernhard Tuchmann, was attached to No 3 Commando when killed in action during operations at Normandy in the area of Chateau d'Amfreville.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947 / National Archives file HO396/279.
John Waxman (Wolfgang Wachsmann) 10 Cdo X Tp in Helen Fry's book 'The King's Most Loyal Enemy Aliens', p.82.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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