In Memory Of
LARGE, HENRY THOMAS PETER
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1919-04-08
Service No:
72828V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit 2:
seconded to 1/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-14
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Amaye-sur-Seulles, about 4km west of Villiers-Bocage, just after the D-Day Normandy landings, in an engagement with elements of the 1st Coy, 101 SS Heavy Panzer Bn and the Panzer Lehr Div.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. B. 8.
Cemetery:
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Calvados
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Vincent Claud and Marjorie Rainsford Large, of Currie Road, Durban. An accountant at the firm Halsey & George, in Durban by profession
