WILSON, Sidney William
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 110612
Born:
Saturday, March 22, 1924
Birthplace:
Cambridge
Died :
Sunday, January 20, 1946
Died in service
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Sidney Wilson of 10 Priory Road Cambridge died from burns sustained when a military truck in which he was travelling overturned and caught fire at Broadbridge Heath near Horsham. Twenty three other Royal Marines were injured.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/139.
Report in the West Sussex County Times 25 January 1946 [see Linked Content below].
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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