COOMBES, Peter Lonsdale
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X110269
Born:
Tuesday, April 15, 1924
Birthplace:
Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Died :
Monday, April 2, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine Peter Lonsdale Coombes died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
- 20/21 May 1944 part of an 'A' Troop overnight Boarding Party on M.G.B. 674 from Vis*
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
*40RM Commando War Diary May 1944 (Report by Lt. C.L. Dutton RM).
[Image] Gillian Buck, daughter of Mne. James Major 40RM.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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