ERIC THOMAS HERBERT YOUNGMAN
Royal Navy - Corporal
Royal Marines
5 Independent Armoured Support Battery
DIED
06 June 1944
06 June 1944
AGE
22
22
SERVICE NO.
PO/X3804
PO/X3804
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
5 Independent Armoured Support Battery, was attached to 3rd Infantry Division and landed on the morning of D-Day on Queen Red and Queen White sectors, Sword Beach.The battery was deployed to provide armoured fire support where required for units on Sword Beach. He was killed when the landing craft he was on was hit as it approached the shore.
MEMORIAL LOCATION
Column 3