Received this email from CWGC today:
CWGC wrote:Dear Mr Collins
I am pleased to inform you that it has been agreed that No 5 Commando can be added to the records of Private Peach and Lieutenant Bryant.
Our records have been amended accordingly, please see below for the information that we now hold:
Private PEACH, LESLIE ALFRED BRANDON
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Secondary Unit Text: and No. 5
Secondary Regiment: Commando
Service No: 5575982
Age: 21
Date of Death: 23 March 1944
Commemoration: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
12. J. 6.
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. B. Peach; nephew of Mrs. C. Worthington, of Stramshall, Staffordshire.
Lieutenant BRYANT, SYDNEY
Unit: 7th Bn.
Regiment: Royal Ulster Rifles
Secondary Unit Text: and No. 5
Secondary Regiment: Commando
Service No: 180715
Date of Death: 1 February 1945
Commemoration: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
10. H. 6.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Yours sincerely
Mrs J Williams
Enquiries Section
Must now go and let Les Peach's half brother know the good news...
Nick
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