DEWHURST, Francis Joseph
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X109309
Born:
Friday, March 6, 1925
Birthplace:
Preston, Lancashire
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
19
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine Francis Dewhurst died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of James and Edith Dewhurst, of Preston, Lancashire. Educated at the English Martyrs School, Preston. Enlisted aged 17 and had served in Africa and Sicily.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
Article in the Lancashire Evening Post 17 June 1944.
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