HARVEY, William Joseph Alphonso

Rank: 
Colour Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 2905
Born: 
Monday, July 4, 1921
Birthplace: 
Helston, Cornwall
Died : 
Wednesday, April 11, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Colour Sergeant William Harvey, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. 
 
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
[2a] Births registered in Helston Jul, Aug, Sept. 1921.
[3] 40RM Commando War Diary Oct'42 (Reports on Events after Dieppe).
 
Notes
Source [2] account by William Harvey records at Dieppe he was Corporal (acting Platoon Sergeant).
 
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