PPA Snape, James (Jimmy)

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Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Snape
  • FORENAME
James (Jimmy)
  • UNIT
PPA HQ Orderly Room Clerk
  • RANK
Corporal
  • NUMBER
3536135
  • DATE OF DEATH
23rd May 1945
  • AGE
34
  • GRAVESITE
Klagenfurt War Cemetery,Austria 2.A.2
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 50 Royal Tank Reg,R.A.C.
born 19.6.1910 Chorley,Lancashire
enlisted 12.9.1940 Ashton-under-Lyme
son of William and Sarah Ann Snape of Oakleigh,Blackburn Road,
Chorley,Lancashire
caterer in civilian life
joined PPA 5.1.1944
DOW received in accidental shooting,Rossegg,Austria 19.5.1945(1845 hours)
"A quiet man and the perfect clerk,who worked apparently day and night.I took him out on several operations as a patrol corporal,a role in which he enjoyed himself immensely." (Popski)
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