NORTHERN, Samuel Bernard
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Known as:
Ginger
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X 101038
Born:
Saturday, May 14, 1921
Birthplace:
Warsop Vale, Notts.
Died :
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine Samuel Northern died during operations at Dieppe, France. Son of Thomas Bernard and Mary Elizabeth Northern, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archivves file ADM/104/135.
Notes
- The CWGC shows his unit as HMS Locust. This was the name of the ship that carried about 200 Royal Marine Commandos on the raid at Dieppe.
- We have an Image of a Signals Intelligence Unit [view] formed for the raid at Dieppe which operated covertly on on this raid as a platoon of 40RM Commando. On that image PO/X 101038 Mne Samuel B. 'Ginger' Northern, is named as a member of the unit. The unit was 10 Platoon 'X' Company [more...] under the command of Lieutenant H.O. Huntington-Whiteley [more...], their role to acquire signals intelligence documents from German Naval HQ at Dieppe.
- His name is also recorded on the 40RM Commando memorial plaque at Shanklin Chine, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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