FACEY, Robert
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X103946
Born:
Thursday, March 4, 1920
Birthplace:
Hanley, Staffordshire
Died :
Saturday, July 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Robert Facey died during operations at Sallenelles, Normandy. Son of Francis and Rachel Facey; husband of Freda Facey, of Pitts Hill, Staffordshire. Robert was employed before the war as a Colliery Loader (below ground). He married Freda only seven weeks prior to his death.
Sources
CWGC
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Captain Johnson RM.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
The 1939 Register covering Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
[Image] Newspaper report of his death published in the Staffordshire Sentinel 10 July 1944.
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