BUSBY, John Henry
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
4743550
Died :
Saturday, July 5, 1941
Died on war service
Age:
32
Cemetery/Memorial:
Corporal John Busby from Hull was reported in the Casualty Lists as attached to 'D' Bn Layforce [1] at the time of his death through illness in the Middle East [2][3].
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/31.
[2] [Image] Article and image in the Hull Daily Mail 18 July 1941.
[3] CWGC.
Notes
Unlike the Casualty Lists the CWGC do not show Layforce as secondary unit. His name is not on the Westminster Abbey Commando ROH. The 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regt was in Crete in 1941.
'D' Bn. Layforce was formed from No.50 and No.52 ME Commando for the rearguard action in Crete.
Name added to our ROH awaiting future confirmation or otherwise of commando service.
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