YATES, Thomas David
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lieutenant Thomas Yates, 'Y' troop, died when his Landing Craft struck beach defences at Normandy on D Day. He drowned attempting to swim to the shore under heavy enemy fire. Son of James and Amy Yates, of Sale, Cheshire.
Sources
CWGC
D Day Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RM Commando, author Ken Ford.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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