RADCLIFFE, Frederick
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
Service:
Army
Number:
3772039
Died :
Monday, September 13, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Private Frederick Radcliffe was killed in action during operations at Salerno, this date being that of the action on the hills by the village of Dragonea, above Vietri sul Mare. He has no known grave. Youngest son of James and Elizabeth Radcliffe, 9, Lorton Street, Liverpool, 8. Frederick was an old boy of Chatsworth Street School. His brother was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/67.
[2] No 2 Cdo War Diary September 1943.
[3] Report with photo in the Liverpool Evening Express - Thursday 18 November 1943.
[4] 2 Commando Casualties document below.
Notes
The document below records his death as being on the 17th during the action at Piegolelle (also seen spelt as Piegolette), and that he had initially been buried there [4]. Sources [1] and [1a] show 13th.
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