DESMOND ADAMS
SERVICE NO. 14422299
Army: Private
Army Commandos
6 Commando
And
Dorsetshire Regiment
DIED: 06 June 1944
AGE: 19
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
6 Commando embarked at Warsash on 5 June, 1944 and landed at intervals on Queen Red sector, Sword Beach from 08:40 on D-Day.
They advanced to Le Plein, taking a German battery en route, before crossing the River Orne and Caen Canal at Bénouville and continuing through to Breville.
Heavy casualties were incurred there due to sustained mortar fire from a German gun site located just outside Breville shortly after they arrived so they withdrew. The circumstances of his death are not known.
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