Advertisement

Marine Malcolm Kenneth Adcock

Advertisement

Marine Malcolm Kenneth Adcock

Birth
Dinnington St John's, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Death
1 Nov 1944 (aged 19–20)
Zeeland, Netherlands
Burial
Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Sp. Mem. 5. A. 11.
Memorial ID
View Source
Service No: PLY/X 110602
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines, H.M.S. Copra.

Son of John William and Gladys Dora Adcock, of Dinnington, Yorkshire.

H.M.S. "Copra" was a shore base in Scotland and is an abbreviation of "Combined Operations pay, ratings and accounts". Crews who served on LCTs in Combined Ops. had this on their pay books, service records and, if killed, their grave stones. LCTs had no names only numbers, details of which were not placed on records, etc.
Service No: PLY/X 110602
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines, H.M.S. Copra.

Son of John William and Gladys Dora Adcock, of Dinnington, Yorkshire.

H.M.S. "Copra" was a shore base in Scotland and is an abbreviation of "Combined Operations pay, ratings and accounts". Crews who served on LCTs in Combined Ops. had this on their pay books, service records and, if killed, their grave stones. LCTs had no names only numbers, details of which were not placed on records, etc.

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement