BEECH, James Frederick

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
1 Commando
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
14404860
Died : 
Sunday, August 5, 1945
Died on war service
Age: 
21
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Kirkee War Cemetery India
Private James Beech, HQ 3 Commando Brigade, died in Poona Hospital India after contracting polio. Son of Frederick William Thomas Beech and Elvina Beech, of Brighton, Sussex. [1][1a]][2].
  • 31 January 1945 wounded during operations in Burma whilst attached No.5 Commando [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[1a] Report in the West Sussex County Tmes 17th May 1946 
[2] Casualty Lists 1939-45 National Archives WO417/96.
[3] Casualty Lists 1939-45 National Archives WO417/88.
 
Notes
The CWGC show him as No.1 Commando; Casualty Lists show him as HQ 3 SS Bde and earlier as No.5 Commando. Both commando units were part of 3 Special Service (Commando) Bde.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
1 Commando Roll of Honour
Archive pages : 
No 1 Commando
No 5 Commando
3 Special Service / Commando Brigade

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