DENMARK, Robert Mclelland
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 109616
Born:
Friday, March 17, 1922
Birthplace:
Tollcross, Glasgow
Died :
Wednesday, September 1, 1943
Died on active service
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine Robert Denmark died in Sicily. Son of Robert and Margaret Denmark, of Tollcross, Glasgow. He was one of 5 commandos who died from injuries sustained in the accidental explosion of an ammunition truck and is buried in a collective grave with Marines Albert Wise, Ernest Porter, and Frank Spencer.
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.
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Notes
War Diary records location of Commando as Messina; ADM104/137 file for Mne Spencer records explosion at Cannizaro.
War Diary records location of Commando as Messina; ADM104/137 file for Mne Spencer records explosion at Cannizaro.
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