FURSSE, Reginald Henry
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
6896471
Corporal Reginald Fursse, 6 Troop, was one of the Commando contingent on motor launch ML 156 during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire on 28 March 1942 [1].
- Evacuated back to the UK, he remained with No. 2 Commando [2][3].
- 13.12.1943 (Sergeant) (No.2 Commando 4 Troop) wounded during Operation Avalanche at Salerno [3][3a].
Sources
[1] CVA Gallery images of No.2 Commando
[2] St Nazaire Society website.
[3] British Army Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
[3a] Troop number in No.2 Cdo WD report by Capt Keep on course intake training instructors 15/12/43.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 1173 issued September 2003.
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