BOYCE, John Douglas
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5952406
Died :
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Private John Boyce was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later presumed killed in action. He embarked for the raid on ML 262.
Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Boyce, of Tonypandy, Glamorgan.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/42 (1942) and WO417/59 (1943).
St Nazaire Society website.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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