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L-Corp Gordon David Colby

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L-Corp Gordon David Colby Veteran

Birth
Sleaford, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
Death
11 Apr 1945 (aged 21)
Burial
Argenta, Provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy GPS-Latitude: 44.6345, Longitude: 11.8324
Plot
Plot 2, Row D, Grave 14
Memorial ID
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COLBY, Gordon David L
Corporal CH
Service #: CH/X 112755
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Marines
No. 40 R.M. Commando.

Died 11th April 1945, aged 21 years.
Son of Robert Herbert and Esther Colby of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Commemorated ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY. II.D.14.
Quarrington St Botolph / Sleaford War Memorial

Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Colby of 5, Springfield, Mareham Lane, Sleaford.
Lance-Corporal Gordon David. R.N. [sic] Commandoes, 21 years of age, 4th April, somewhere in Italy.
Our boy has passed on to a higher home, where there is no pain.
Until we meet.
From his loving Mam and Dad, Sisters, and Brothers.
Louth Standard – May12 1945.
COLBY, Gordon David L
Corporal CH
Service #: CH/X 112755
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Marines
No. 40 R.M. Commando.

Died 11th April 1945, aged 21 years.
Son of Robert Herbert and Esther Colby of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Commemorated ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY. II.D.14.
Quarrington St Botolph / Sleaford War Memorial

Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Colby of 5, Springfield, Mareham Lane, Sleaford.
Lance-Corporal Gordon David. R.N. [sic] Commandoes, 21 years of age, 4th April, somewhere in Italy.
Our boy has passed on to a higher home, where there is no pain.
Until we meet.
From his loving Mam and Dad, Sisters, and Brothers.
Louth Standard – May12 1945.

Inscription

THESE WERE HONOURED IN THEIR GENERATION AND WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIME

Gravesite Details

Lance Corporal, Royal Marines. Age: 21.


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