GUNNINGHAM, William John
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Service Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
T/135778
Born:
Thursday, January 31, 1918
Birthplace:
Bristol, Gloucestershire
Died :
Tuesday, October 5, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Sergeant William Gunningham was killed in action during operations at Termoli, Italy. Previously wounded 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, France, whilst a Corporal in No.3 Commando. Son of William and Isabelle Gunningham, of Bristol; husband of Betty Louise Gunningham, of Henleaze, Bristol [1][a][1b].
Prior to military service William John Gunningham from Bristol was employed from the 12th August 1934 with the Great Western Railway. In 1939 his occupation was Railway Mileage Goods Porter [4].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
[1b] ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
[1b] ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/49.
[3] Great Western Railway Employement Registers.ref Rail 264, piece 381.
[4] The 1939 Register covering Bristol.
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