COLBY, Gordon David
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 112755
Born:
Friday, April 4, 1924
Birthplace:
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Died :
Wednesday, April 11, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal Gordon Colby died of wounds during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Robert Herbert Colby and Esther Colby, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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