Cyril Charles Savage
Memorial: Patchway
Regiment: Royal Marines
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Marine
Parents: Kate Jane and George Henry Savage
Home address: 2 Redfield Road, Patchway
Date of birth: 1923
Date of death: 08/11/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands and commemorated on Patchway War Memorial
Age: 21
Further information:
Number 48 Royal Marine Commando Unit.
On the day of his death, Cyril was taking part in a patrol from his Commando Unit that had been sent to Veere on the North East of the island of Walcheren in the Netherlands. They were travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes and the second Buffalo struck a submerged 11inch shell rigged up to a post as a mine. It caused many casualties including Cyril.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.commandoveterans.org/CyrilSavage48RMCommando