SPENCE, Ernest

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Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 103991
Born: 
Tuesday, July 12, 1921
Birthplace: 
Royton, Lancashire
Died : 
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Bayeux War Cemetery
Operations: 
Normandy - Operation Overlord
Marine Ernest Spence 41RM COmmando

Marine Ernest Spence died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of William and Margaret Spence, of Royton, Lancashire.

Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.

[Image] Andrew Spence.

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