TOMBLIN, Edward Charles

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
East Surrey Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6144878
Died : 
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
24
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Private Edward Tomblin was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He embarked for the raid on Motor Launch ML 306.
Son of Frank and Mary Ellen Tomblin; husband of Eleanor Margaret Tomblin, of Wandsworth, London.
 
Sources
CWGC
Casualty Lists / National Archives filesWO417/41 and WO417/45.
St Nazaire Society website.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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