| Surname: | Innes |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Warrant Officer I |
| Army Number: | 2874445 |
| Notes: | CMP. He was born in Aberdeenshire and resided in Aberdeen and formerly served in the Gordon Highlanders. 640 Independent Pro Unit War Diary WO 169/13287. 3/9/1943 Reggio Calabria, 16.00 hrs, Provost area dive bombed, bomb explosion near cookhouse, RSM Innes, Cpl Peek, L/Cpl Butler and Pte Adams very seriously injured and conveyed immediately to Regimental Aid Post where L/Cpl Butler and Pte Adams died. 17.30 hrs RSM Innes died, 17.34 hrs Cpl Peek Died. Casualty List 1249/1, Middle East, Italy, Died of Wounds, 3/9/1943. 7/9/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 4 Bowson Road, Bream, Nr. Lydney, Gloucestershire. Inscription on gravestone: He said good by to no one, left us to remember, loving wife and children. James Innes. |
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| Date of Death: | Sept. 3, 1943 |
| Company: | 640 IND PRO UNIT |
| CWGC Link: | 208505 |
| Cemetery: | SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, ITALY 🇮🇹 |
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