HITCHCOCK, John Edward

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queens Own Royal West Kent
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6351447
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Cemetery/Memorial: 

Private John Hitchcock died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). He has no known grave. Son of John and Rose Hitchcock, of Tottenham, Middlesex.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.

Primary Roll of Honour: 

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