HAY, John

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Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
PLY/X 111511
Born: 
Saturday, December 27, 1924
Birthplace: 
Darlington, County Durham
Died : 
Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, The Netherlands
Operations: 
'Walcheren - Operation Infatuate'
Local Roll of Honour: 
Walcheren ROH

Marine John Hay died of wounds (shrapnel blast) during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. Son of John Richard and Agnes Maude Hay, of Darlington, Co. Durham.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.

RN/RM Casualty Logs 1939-45 (Commandos, page 168).

Primary Roll of Honour: 
41RM Commando Roll of Honour
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Archive pages : 
41RM Commando

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