DORSETT, Richard
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Known as:
Dicky
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queens Own Royal West Kent
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6349636
Died :
Tuesday, June 13, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private Richard Dorsett, 1 troop, died on 13 June 1944 of wounds received on 12 June during operations at Normandy, France, in the area of Chateau d'Amfreville. Son of J. T. and June Dorsett, of Anerley, Kent.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417 and 79.
No 3 Cdo War Diary June 1944 Appendix E, No.1.
ROH in Commando - Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig. John Durnford-Slater.
[Image] Provided by Stephane Saint-Martin.
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