RM CDOS Fenton, Bernard Charles Sydney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Fenton ​

• FORENAME

Bernard Charles Sydney ​

• UNIT

45 Commando ​

• RANK

Marine ​

• NUMBER

PO/X 3168 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

13th June 1944 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Ranville War Cemetery,France VA.M.3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.02.1920, Gillingham, Kent, UK​

son of Sydney and Ivy Marion Caroline Fenton​

husband of Celia (nee Hepple) Fenton, Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex (married July 1940) (2 children)​

enlisted 7.5.1938 Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth​

HMS Belfast August-December 1939​

HMS Erebus July 1940-February 1941​

HMS Nelson April 1941-February 1942​

HMS Despatch July 1942-September 1943​

45 Commando November 1943​

WIA and POW 8.6.1944 Normandy​

DOW Pont l'Eveque, Normandy (German field hospital in chateau) ​

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