| Surname: | Woolterton |
| Initials: | R S |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 5778073 |
| Notes: | CMP. 56 Div Pro Coy. 13/6/40 enlisted in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP. 8/6/43 Died. He was born and resided in Norfolk. Unit War Diary 56 (London) Division Pro Coy, WO 169/8825: 8/6/1943, Tripoli, 5778073 L/Cpl Woolterton R S, killed by drowning. Casualty List 1172/1, Died, Tripolitania, L1265/16 8/6/43. Casualty List 1265/16, Corrections List 1172, Middle East, Died should read Died result of accident. Casualty List 1172/1, Died, Result of accident L1265/16, Tripolitania. No inscription on gravestone. Son of Herbert and Gertrude Woolterton of Great Moulton, Norwich, age 23. 7/9/49 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- Mr H G Wollterton, Great Moulton, Norwich, Norfolk. Ronald Stanley Woolterton. |
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| Date of Death: | June 8, 1943 |
| Company: | 56 DIV PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2169420 |
| Cemetery: | TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 🇱🇾 |
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