TUNSTALL, Harry

Primary tabs

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Regiment/Corps: 
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
804447
Died : 
Saturday, March 8, 1941
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Age: 
28
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Surrey, Brookwood Memorial
Lance Corporal Harry Tunstall , 101 troop, died during the very short period his unit was re-designated as 5 Special Service Bn., before reforming again as No.6 Commando. His death is recorded as by drowning in the Westminster Abbey Commando ROH database. Son of John Thomas Tunstall and Mary Tunstall, of Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent.
We have an annotated postcard in our gallery which shows an image of Loch Shiel on the front. On the reverse are the words, "Where Curly was drowned while canoeing, during experimental work March 1941." [View image here].
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/24 (unit shown as 101 Tp, 5 SS Bn).
 
Notes
This annotated card was in the personal memorabilia of a member of 101 troop, and by cross referencing with our Commando Roll of Honour March 1941, this has to relate to the death of LCpl. Tunstall.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
6 Commando Roll of Honour
Archive pages : 
No 6 Commando

Ask Questions / Add Information / Add Photos

Use the Archive Forum for research enquiries, or to add information or photos. [register now]. 
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Contact the Archive via the [contact form].
 
All content is researched and administered by the Commando Veterans Archive.