DONNELLY, Peter
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X121745
Born:
Wednesday, June 11, 1924
Birthplace:
Bamber Bridge, nr. Preston, Lancashire
Died :
Friday, April 13, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Donnelly, 'Y' Troop, died during operations at the River Aller near Hademstorf and was buried there before being re-interred at Becklingen on 21 August 1946.
Peter Donnelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Donnelly, of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, was educated at St Mary's Roman Catholic School, Brownedge, before being employed at Bamber Bridge Spinning Company Ltd. He served in the local Home Guard guarding the River Ribble along with George Pointer before they both joined the Royal Marines.
Peter Donnelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Donnelly, of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, was educated at St Mary's Roman Catholic School, Brownedge, before being employed at Bamber Bridge Spinning Company Ltd. He served in the local Home Guard guarding the River Ribble along with George Pointer before they both joined the Royal Marines.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt Johnson RM.
Broken Bridges, p275, Keith Taylor / Jeff Hewitt.
Lancashire Evening Post 23 April 1945, p4.
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