HUME-SPRY, John Francis
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
106698
Died :
Saturday, March 24, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lieutenant John Hume-Spry died during the period his Commando were engaged in operations at the crossing of the River Rhine at Wesel. Son of Colonel C.A.N.Hume-Spry D.S.O., and Mrs. Francis Hume-Spry of St. Leonards. Father of Peter Hume-Spry. Educated at the Imperial Service College and the Royal Military Academy.
Sources
CWGC.
Articles in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer 24 March 1945, p1. and 26 May 1945, p1.
[Image] His son Peter Hume-Spry.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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