SAMWELL, Lawrence Arthur
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 106993
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Tuesday, August 21, 1923
Birthplace:
Weymouth, Dorset
Died :
Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine Lawrence Samwell, 48RM Commando, was killed in action during operations in Walcheren. He had previously been Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in Sicily. His brother 19062711 Private Vernon James Samwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, aged 19, died in 1947. Sons of Arthur Alfred and Violet Emily Samwell, of Lodge Hill, Rochester, Kent.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
RN/RM Casualty Logs 1939-45 (Commandos, page 167).
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
London Gazette 36454, page 1557.
Maidstone Telegraph 14 April 1944 page 1.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
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