SUTCLIFFE, Kenneth George
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 111640
Born:
Thursday, December 13, 1923
Birthplace:
Ogmore, Glamorgan
Died :
Wednesday, April 11, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal Kenneth George Sutcliffe died in 1945 at Lake Comacchio, Italy [1][1a].
- 19.01.1944 area of River Garigliano, Italy, wounded to arm by shrapnel from a mortar [2].
-
21/22.05.1944 part of a 'P' Troop overnight Boarding Party on M.G.B. 656 from Vis [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
[2] RN/RM Cas Logs 1939/45, Commandos, page 29.
[3] 40RM Commando War Diary May 1944 (Report by Lt. J.DG. Pegrum RM).
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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