DEWHURST, Francis Joseph
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X109309
Born:
Friday, March 6, 1925
Birthplace:
Preston, Lancashire
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
19
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine Francis Dewhurst died during operations at Normandy, France.
A former pupil of the English Martyrs School in Preston, Francis enlisted aged 17 and had served in Africa and Sicily.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
Article in the Lancashire Evening Post 17 June 1944.
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