CHARITY, Arthur
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
4206553
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Fusilier Arthur Charity died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Arthur and Sarah Charity; husband of Joan Charity, of Hove, Sussex, and father of their son Keith. He is buried alongside 2 other Commandos and an Airborne Soldier.The grave where he was first buried is in a film of Pegasus Bridge on 28 July 1944 now on the IWM website [view film].
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Lieutenant Peter Maziere Mercer Wilson, No 4 Commando [view].
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Guardsman Leslie Campbell, No.3 Commando [view].
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Lance Corporal Fred Greenhalgh, 2nd Airborne Ox and Bucks L.I. [view].
Sources
CWGC main entry and grave concentration report.
IWM Film Catalogue number ACB 86 © IWM.
[Image] No.6 Commando panorama July 1943 in gallery.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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