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Marine GORDON BOOTHROYD

Service Number: PO/X120397
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

No. 45 R.M. Commando.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IVA. O. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edgar and Mabel Boothroyd, of Huddersfield. His brother Geoffrey also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER GEOFFREY, LOST AT SEA, H.M.S. "FIDELITY" 1.1.1943 AGE 22 "THEY ARE EVER IN MY HEART"
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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