VANDERWERVE, John Edward
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
4 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
Service:
Army
Number:
117921
Died :
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant John Vanderwerve, 4 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action. He was officer in charge of a protection squad for a demolition team embarked on motor launch ML 306. Lieutenant Vanderwerve, who got engaged only 3 months before his death, has no known grave. Son of Hugo and Elizabeth Vanderwerve.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2.
Engagement announcement in the Dumfries and Galloway Standard 22 November 1941.
St Nazaire Society.
[Image] No.2 Commando 4 Troop photo in gallery.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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