- SURNAME
Compston
- FORENAME
Sydney
- UNIT
R.N. F Commando
- RANK
Able Seaman
- NUMBER
D/JX 169001
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Medal
- PLACE
Normandy 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Sedgley,Staffordshire
born 1919
employed,British Federal Welder and Machine Company,Dudley,Worcestershire
R.N. November 1939
HMS Drake
HMS Venomous
HMS Abdiel
RN Beach Commando F 1942
WIA 6.6.1944 Normandy
farm worker postwar
married Winifred Brain 1943-44 (died 2009) (2 children)
died 17.11.2010
see following link
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