MATCHWICK, Maurice Gordon
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Known as:
Joe
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5344998
Born:
Sunday, May 17, 1908
Birthplace:
Tilehurst, Berkshire
Died :
Friday, May 24, 1996
Place died:
Reading, Berkshire
Age:
88
13 September 1941 Private Maurice Matchwick was a member of the No.2 Commando Detachment to Gibraltar, and then Freetown via Ghana and Lagos, rejoining the main body of the commando seven months later.
09 September 1943 (Lance Corporal, No.2 Commando) wounded at Salerno, Italy.
Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Document in Linked Content below.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/67.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 103 (1996).
[Image] Cropped from No.2 Cdo 1 Troop photo Dec. 1942 in gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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