NEWALL, James, F.

Known as: 
Jim
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5504742
Died: 
1964
Place died: 
London
Age: 
48
Jimmy Newall 2 Commando
Private Jim Newall, 1 Troop, was one of the commando contingent embarked on ML 446 for Operation Chariot, St Nazaire, 28 March 1942. Evacuated back to the UK after the raid.
9 September 1943 (Lance Sergeant) (No.2 Commando) wounded at Salerno, Italy *.
Member of the Commando Association from Finchley, London.
 
Sources
St. Nazaire Society website.
St. Nazaire Society 75th Anniversary newsletter with nom roll.
*British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/68.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 40 (1965).
[Image] Cropped from No.2 Cdo Gallery image of some who returned from the raid.
 

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