WALL, William

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Rank: 
Gunner
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5257434
Birthplace: 
Smethwick, Staffordshire
Died : 
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
29
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer
Local Roll of Honour: 
Dieppe Raid - Commando Fallen

Gunner William Wall from Birmingham died during operations at Dieppe, France.
Son of Robert and Lilian Wall; husband of Annie Cecilia Wall, of Winson Green, Birmingham.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/50.

RA Casualty Cards 1939-1947.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
3 Commando Roll of Honour
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando

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