WILSON, Donald
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Border Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3599748
Died :
Saturday, June 10, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lance Corporal Donald Wilson died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of James and Margaret Wilson, of Penrith, Cumberland. Donald was an apprentice joiner in Penrith before enlisting aged 17 into the 4th Territorial Battalion of the Border Regiment. He later volunteered for the Commandos.
Extract from the No.6 Commando War Diary
"10th June 1944 Place: In the field, Le Plein a.m. - 2 Troop kill 2 snipers with 'K' gun. We are heavily mortared. We answer with our own mortars. 0800 - Enemy attacks, all troops engage. By 1700 hrs all attacks definitely repelled. Suspect enemy got it in the neck. Our own casualties total 16."
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
No.6 Commando War Diary.
Report on his death in the Penrith Observer, p2, published 4 July 1944.
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