DOOLEY, Arthur
Rank:
Acting T/Corporal
Unit / Base:
44RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
EX 4045
Born:
Tuesday, September 11, 1917
Birthplace:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Died :
Sunday, September 19, 1943
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Corporal Arthur Dooley, 'C' Troop, died in a training accident at the Commando Basic Training Centre, Achnacarry, Scotland. Son of William and Annie Marie Dooley, of Liverpool.
Extract from the 44RM Commando War Diary
19th September 1943.
p.m. 2" mortar accident resulting in death of Sgt Gibson and Cpl A. Dooley, both of C Troop.
Extracts from personal Service Record
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Enlistment: 28 February 1940
HBL RM Brigade 28 February 1940 - 31 July 1943
HBL RM Commando 1 August 1943 - 19 September 1943
HBL RM Brigade 28 February 1940 - 31 July 1943
HBL RM Commando 1 August 1943 - 19 September 1943
Promotions:
Lance Corporal 14 June 1943
Corporal (A/Ty) 1 August 1943
In 1940 he served in Dakar and Freetown as part of the 3rd Battalion.
Lance Corporal 14 June 1943
Corporal (A/Ty) 1 August 1943
In 1940 he served in Dakar and Freetown as part of the 3rd Battalion.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
44RM Commando War Diary.
Register of Deaths in the district of Kilmallie.
His great niece Annie Sillitoe.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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