| WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
FREDERICK WILLIAMSON
Marine CH/X 106447
No. 43 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines
Died 3 June 1944 age 22
Buried Belgrade War Cemetery, Belgrade, Serbia
Son of John William and Ada Florence Williamson. John was recorded as an agricultural worker.
Fred was born 13 Feb 1922 at Tattershall Bridge, Lincolnshire. On 20 May 1943 he married Jillian Iris Cook at West Mersea Parish Church. He was living in Mile End Road, Colchester at the time and Iris was in Firs Road, West Mersea, with her parents Phoenix William and Ivy Vera Cook.
Smack ELECTRON owned by Phoenix 'Bill' Cook. Fred's wife Jillian is standing by the boom
Fred died 3 Jun 1944 during 43 Commando operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia. The island had originally been occupied by the Italians, but after Italy capitulated it was occupied by German troops. The German troops on Brac were defeated July 1944. 43 Commando was with other groups supporting Marshall Tito Partisans in Yugoslavia.
Probate: address 2 Firs Road, granted to Ivy Vera Cook (wife of Phoenix) and Phoenix William Cook, royal ordnance worker.
With thanks to
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.commandoveterans.org
Ron Green
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