WHY, Frederick Ernest, A.
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Known as:
Fred
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3969518
Born:
Thursday, July 24, 1919
Birthplace:
Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Died :
Wednesday, September 6, 1961
Place died:
Weymouth, Dorset
Age:
42
Corporal Frederick Why was in the 1st line of reinforcements for No.3 Commando at Normandy on 9 June 1944 and posted to 5 Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association. Frederick Why died in 1961 after a long illness.
Sources
No.3 Cdo War Diary 9 June 1944 1st Line Reinforcements Appdx.G.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 34 (1962).
The 1939 Register covering Chipping Wycombe.
Records of Births, Wycombe District, registered Jul/Aug/Sept. 1919.
Records of Deaths, Weymouth District, 1961.
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