JEAL, Percy William

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Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 105907
Born: 
Thursday, April 19, 1923
Birthplace: 
Burgess Hill, Sussex
Died : 
Tuesday, March 28, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
20
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia
Marine Percy_Jeal 43RM Commando
Percy Jeal 43 Commando
Marine Percy Jeal died during an air attack on Vis, their base of operations against enemy held Dalmatian Islands. Son of Percy Walter and Mary Jeal, of Hassocks, Sussex. 
Extract from the 43RM Commando War Diary
28th March 1944 Vis
"Enemy aircraft attacked Vis town, and bombs also fell in Podselje . A direct hit was scored on the Cdo Orderly room resulting in the death of Ty. Lt. F.H. Hancock and two marines."
Additional
  •  The two others who died were Lieutenant Frank Hancock and Marine Samuel Saunders.
  • There is a photo in our Gallery titled 'Japanese Flag captured on Hill 170, Burma'. On the reverse are names and some addresses. Amongst them is E.W. Jeal from Ockley Cottages, Hassocks, Sussex. This was his brother Mne. Ernest Walter Jeal [view image of flag].
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
43RM Commando War Diary / National Archives file DEFE 2/49.
The 1939 Register.
[Image 1] Sarah Jeal, granddaughter of his brother Ernest.
[Image 2] Published in the Mid Sussex Times 19 April 1944.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
43RM Commando Roll of Honour
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
JEAL, Ernest Walter
JEAL, Percy (43RM Cdo) and his brother - newspaper report
HANCOCK, Frank Holgate
SAUNDERS, Samuel John Albert
Archive pages : 
43RM Commando

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