WHITNEY, Robert Desmond
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 108404
Born:
Monday, September 20, 1920
Died :
Thursday, June 28, 1945
Died on war service
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Robert Whitney died from natural causes (septicemia) at West Glamorgan Hospital. Son of James and Rose Whitney, of Glyn Neath; husband of Gwenllian Whitney, of Glyn Neath.
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] British Armed Forces Deaths / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
[3] Image of headstone in gallery.
Notes
CWGC show unit as 45RM Commando. Source at [2] shows unit as 48RM Commando.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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