| Notes: | CMP. 241 (Beach) Pro Coy. He was born in Lancashire and resided in Manchester and enlisted in CMP. Unit War Diary WO 171/3386. D Day. Beach Cpl's landed H + 20. 07.30 hrs OC lt Beard and beach section landed H + 4%. Lt Jones and dump section landed H + 120. All sections landed H + 5 hours. Heavy mortar fire. Cpl Tweedale, L/Cpl's Hilliard Killed in action, L/Cpl's Blake, Dewhurst, Murdoch, Cook, Lawson & Squire wounded on D Day Evacuated to UK. No inscription on gravestone. Casualty List 1488, North West Europe 1488, Killed in Action, 9/6/1944, No. given as 4690491.
William Tweedale. |
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