| Notes: | CMP. He was born and reside in York. 185 Coy Ports War Diary WO 171/7825: 16/12/1944 he was killed when Company HQ was hit by a V2 rocket, killing RSM Southon, L/Cpl's Acford, Bunce, Duke, Hawkins, Jones, Nisbet, Thompson and Yates. Unit War Diary 171/7825 22/5/1945 Relatives of dead received £11 collected by the Company. Casualty List 1647, Western Europe, Missing believed Killed, 16/12/1944. Casualty List 1656, Western Europe, previously reported missing believed killed now reported killed in action 16/12/1944. Inscription on gravestone: Sadly missed by his wife and loving daughters Dorothy and Kathleen.
James Richard Toyne.
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