Corporal Snape, James

Craig Robertson

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Full NameJames Snape
NicknameJimmy
Number3536135
RankCorporal
Nationality
Date of Birth19.06.1910 Chorley, Lancashire, UK
Date of Death23.05.1945 (Aged 34)
GravesiteKlagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria 2.A.2
FatherWilliam
MotherSarah Ann Snape of Oakleigh, Blackburn Road, Chorley, Lancashire, UK
Enlisted12.09.1940 Ashton-under-Lyme
Militaryparent unit 50 Royal Tank Reg,R.A.C.
joined PPA 5.1.1944
PPA HQ Orderly Room Clerk
DOW received in accidental shooting, Rossegg, Austria 19.05.1945 (1845 hours)
Married
Further Informationcaterer in civilian life

"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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