Cecil Mortimer 7373287 RAMC

Hi All
i am looking for any information of a Cecil Mortimer 7373287 from the royal army medical corps. He was killed in Africa on the 30th march 1943 aged 23. this is for a project for the Down cemetery, Trowbridge, wiltshire where he is remembered on a family grave

 

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PRIVATE CECIL MORTIMER
Service Number: 7373287
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of Death
Died 30 March 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at
TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 24.

Tunisia

• Secondary Unit, Regimentattd. 1st Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
• Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
• Additional InfoSon of Frank and Beatrice Rose Mortimer, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
• Personal InscriptionGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

 

HI thank you, i was wondering if there where any details of how he died. or his military service before his death
Robert

 

you will only get his military service from the official records with the link i provided
do not use any pay for site on the internet that promises his service records they will not have them
other forum members might have access to the casualty lists which might show more info on his death
he shows up on there but you require paid for membership

C

Mortimer

7373287

1943

Private

Royal Army Medical Corps

 

As he was attached to 1 Bn Paras - 1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

When the Allied advance began again after the winter rains, the brigade was assigned to the force tasked with capturing Bizerta on 17 March. The remaining Axis forces surrendered on 13 May 1943 bringing the Tunisian campaign to an end with a cost to the 1st Parachute Brigade of 1,700 killed, wounded or missing

Family tree:
Father Frank Mortimer
Mother Beatrice Rose Davis
Birth 28 Oct 1919 Melksham, Wiltshire, England
Death 30 Mar 1943 Tabarka, Jundubah, Tunisia
Residence 1939 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

British airborne operations in North Africa - Wikipedia
On 27 March, the entire brigade participated in a general Allied offensive aimed at taking control of the area around Tamera. 1st and 2nd Parachute Battalions launched an attack at 23:00 the same day, taking numerous prisoners and securing their objectives and then repulsed a German counterattack, albeit with heavy losses. Further heavy and often confusing fighting continued, with several companies of 3rd Parachute Battalion having to be attached to 2nd Parachute Battalion to reinforce it. 1st Parachute Battalion also seized its own objectives, and by the end of 29 March the brigade had secured all of its objectives and taken 770 German and Italian troops as prisoners.[83] On 31 March the brigade then took up positions covering the left flank of 46th Division, and for the next two weeks it remained in the area, conducting numerous patrols but encountering little opposition. On 15 March the brigade was relieved by 39 US Regimental Combat Team and moved to the rear. It then travelled to Algiers on 18 April and remained there; Brigadier Flavell left for England to take up a new command, and was replaced by Brigadier Gerald Lathbury. Shortly afterwards the brigade rejoined 1st Airborne Division and began training for the airborne landings that would take place during Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily


1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Cecil Mortimer
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1919
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 10
Residence Place: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Occupation: Grocery Shop Assistant
Line Number: 14
Schedule Number: 363
Sub Schedule Number: 3
Enumeration District: WRNG
Borough: Trowbridge
Registration district: 247/1

Household Members Age
Beatrice R Mortimer
46
Ernest Mortimer
25
Cecil Mortimer 20
This record is officially closed.
Robert J Mortimer
13

 

Nothing additional on casualty lists.

 

thank you all so much this is really helpful. it will go along way to helping but together a list of all those that have a memorial at out local cemetery. I will post again with some more names later

 

Something that you might be able to sort out is his initial burial place that would probably been a lot closer to where he died - the CWGC note above shows his final resting place

On his CWGC page it shows a 'concentration' document -


This shows he was originally buried at map reference ACS/2030 - where that is I cant find perhaps others can