Pte. Clifford Franks
5184082 Pte. Clifford Francis George Franks
Gloucestershire Regiment & No.4 Commando.
b. 13th September 1918 Bridgewater, Somerset -
d. 15th January 1972 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire aged 53.
Served with Gloucestershire Regiment in Belgium and France in 1940. Wounded in the retreat to Dunkirk
G & B Troop 4 Commando.
Severely wounded in the leg within half an hour of landing on D-Day 6th June 1944.
Sources
Gloucestershire Echo 13 June 1944.
Casualty Lists WO417/13 and WO417/76.
Guy Hudson.
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