Service Details
Name:
 LARGE
Given Name:
 HENRY THOMAS PETER
Initials:
 H T P
Service No:
 72828V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 seconded to 1/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-14
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Date of Birth:
 1919-04-08
Age:
 25
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.
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
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Calvados
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Cemetery:
 HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. B. 8.

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