SPRAGG, Roy Peter
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Rank:
Lance Corporal (later Lance Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6353598
Born:
Thursday, October 27, 1921
Died :
Thursday, March 17, 1994
Place died or last resided:
Hull, North Humberside
Age:
72
Lance Corporal Roy Spragg was wounded twice in Italy, the first on 23 May 1944 and again on 9 October 1944.
Roy Peter Spragg came from a family of hairdressers and was employed as a Hairdresser Improver in Tutbury, Staffordshire, prior to enlisting into the Queen's Own Royal West Kents. After volunteering for the commandos he was posted to No.2 Commando and served in 5 Troop, 'B' Section, No.4 Sub-Section. During the period No.2 Commando were based in Ayr before deployment overseas he was billeted at 15 Eglington Terrace, Ayr. Post war member of the Commando Association from Hull. Final rank attained Lance Sergeant.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78 and WO417/84.
Notebook of LSgt Joe Rogers MM, 5 Troop.
The 1939 Register covering Tutbury.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 99 issued Sept. 1994.
England and Wales Government Probate Registers, probate registry Oxford, date 16 May 1994.
Images in the CVA Gallery of No.2 Commando.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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