DAY, Reginald
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 106905
Born:
Saturday, September 30, 1922
Birthplace:
Widnes, Lancashire
Died :
Thursday, April 12, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Reginald Day died at the 66th British General Hospital, Italy, on the 12th April 1945 of wounds inflicted on 11 April 1945 during operations at Lake Comacchio and Argenta, Italy.
Son of William and Bessie Alice Day, of Widnes, Lancashire.
Reginald Day was employed at the Widnes Dairy of the Runcorn and Widnes Co-operative Society before enlisting into the Royal Marines on 24 June 1941. He volunteered for 40RM Commando on its formation in February 1942 and had served in operations at Dieppe, Sicily, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
[Image] Obituary in the Widnes Weekly News and District Reporter 27 April 1945.
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