DENNIS, Donald Henry Arthur
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
'42 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PLY/X 4537
Born:
Saturday, April 30, 1927
Died :
Tuesday, November 6, 1956
Died on active service
Age:
29
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Sergeant Dennis, 'C' Troop, from Plymouth, was shot and killed during a misdirected British air strike on commandos engaged in Operation Musketeer the Anglo-French invasion of Port Said, Egypt. Husband of Moyra Eileen Dennis (nee Callicott). Father of Steven and Julie.
Sources
AFM ROH
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC.
Hampshire Telegraph - Friday 14 December 1956.
Western Evening Herald 3 January 1987, pp.1,3.
AFM ROH
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC.
Hampshire Telegraph - Friday 14 December 1956.
Western Evening Herald 3 January 1987, pp.1,3.
[Image] Unknown newspaper cutting in the collection of Mne Peter Lowe (42 Cdo) courtesy of his son.
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