PLY/X103991 Marine Ernest SPENCE, 41 Commando, Royal Marines: 06/06/1944

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembering Today

    Casualty
    Marine SPENCE, ERNEST
    Service Number PLY/X 103991
    Died 06/06/1944
    Aged 22
    No. 41 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines
    Son of William and Margaret Spence, of Royton, Lancashire.
    INSCRIPTION: HE LIVES WITHIN OUR HEARTS BELOVED AND UNFORGOTTEN MOTHER, DAD AND FAMILY
    Buried at BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Calvados, France
    Number of casualties: 4257
    Cemetery/memorial reference: XI. B. 2.
     
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  2. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Photo of Ernest from a family tree on Ancestry.
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    1939 census.
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  3. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    The photograph show him wearing a Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge, interested to know why he transferred to the R.M. Commandos?

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