WESTON, Richard John
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Rank:
Trooper (later Lance Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Cheshire Yeomanry / Durham Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Service Number:
323119
Died :
Friday, July 16, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Sergeant Richard Weston, 9th Bn., Durham Light Infantry, was killed in action 16 July 1943 at Sicily. Previously served in 50 Middle East Commando. Son of Clement and Sarah J. Weston, of Didsbury, Manchester [1][1a].
25-28 Feb 1941 (Trooper, 50 ME Commando) Operation Abstention, Kastellorizzo. Escaped [2].
22 March 1943 (Lance Corporal, 9th Bn., Durham Light Infantry) wounded Middle East [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/65
[2] 50 Me Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete (War Office Oct 1941) Ref. National Archives /WO361/124.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/60 and WO417/63.
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