Cecil “Son” Hurst

In memoriam

PO/X. 106979 MARINE C. "SON" HURST ROYAL MARINES NO. 43 R. M. COMMANDO 3RD JUNE 1944 AGE 23 ONE OF THE BEST. MISSED BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM MOST

Marine Cecil Hurst died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery. Those buried with him are Marines Hopper, Pickering and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Brookes, Cooper, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando. Brac - Operation Flounced Aged 23 years Royal Marines No. 43 R.M. Commando. Service Number: PO/X 106979 Country of Service - United Kingdom Son of George Thomas Hurst and Annie Elizabeth Hurst, of Gedling, Nottinghamshire.

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