EDMONDS, Arnold Basil Lindsay
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Born:
Sunday, August 1, 1920
Birthplace:
Plymouth, Devon.
Died :
Tuesday, August 23, 1949
Died in service
Age:
29
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant Arnold Edmonds from Plymouth died as a result of a motorcycle accident while escorting a motor convoy in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Buried in Hong Kong Cemetery, formerly known as Hong Kong Happy Valley Cemetery and Hong Kong Colonial Cemetery. Husband of Theresa Edmonds (nee Wade) from Woodbridge, Suffolk [1][2][3][4].
01.05.1941 Second Lieutenant RM [5].
01.05.1941 Second Lieutenant RM [5].
11.11.1941 Lieutenant RM [6].
Sources
[1] AFM ROH.
[2] Maj. Beadle MC, The Light Blue Lanyard (50 years with 40 Commando RM).
[3] England and Wales Government Probate Death Indices.
[4] Western Morning News 8 Jan. 1947, p2.
[5] London Gazette 35168, page 2885.
[6] Navy Lists (seniority dates).
[6] Navy Lists (seniority dates).
Notes
Surname recorded at [2] above as Lt. A. E. Edwards.
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