PERRY, James Lawry
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Captain James Perry was killed by a sniper's bullet during operations at Langrune, Normandy.
Son of Sydney Beecher Perry and Evelyn Perry, of St. Austell, Cornwall.
There is a street called Rue du Capitaine Perry named in his memory in the village.
Sources
CWGC
48 RM Cdo War Diary, National Archives file ADM/202/111.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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