WHITBURN, William Charles, W
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Corporal (later Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
EX/ 936
Born:
Thursday, March 27, 1919
Died:
1997
Place died or last resided:
Chorleywood, Hertfordshire
Age:
78
Corporal William Whitburn from Acton, London, was wounded (gunshot wound groin) on 20 September 1944 in France. His wife was from Hawick.
Sources
RN/RM Casualty Logs 1939-45 Commandos p.139.
Report in the Hawick News and Border Chronicle 01 September 1944.
CVA Gallery names of attendees at the 1987 1st Special Service Brigade reunion.
Commando Association list of RM Commandos.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter106 (1998).
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