Corporal Roy Montague Smith 43 RM Cdo

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Here is a link to a photo of Cpl Roy Montague Smith 43RM Commando 'A' Troop - Sugar Section who was killed in action on the 18th April 1945. Included are some detail from his letters home just before he died:

http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/43+RM+Commando/Roy+Smith/

3 additional photos of Cpl Smith and others provided by his nephew can be found on page 1 of the 43 RM Commando gallery:

http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/43+RM+Commando/

In Memory of PLY/X106635 Corporal Roy Montague Smith
No. 43RM Commando, Royal Marines.
who died on the 18th April 1945 aged 23
Remembered with honour at Ravenna War Cemetery

Our thanks to Roy Smith, nephew of Corporal Roy Montague Smith, who has provided letters received after his uncle was killed in action. They can be read in his album located in the 43RM Cdo gallery. Particularly poignant is a line in the letter to his brother on the 13th April 1945 written 5 days before his death:

http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/43+RM+Commando/Roy+Smith/

There is also part of an earlier letter to his brother where he describes the death and injuries to some of his fellow Commandos