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ROBERT GUNN

Possibly – only one on SNWM

Robert Gunn – age 21 – Private (14286028) 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.

The battalion fought through Sicily and on into Italy, landing at Reggio di Calabria in September  1943. Robert was killed during the battle to cross the Garigliano river, north of Naples.

(Source: Wikipedia and CWGC)

Born 1922 in Calton, Glasgow. (Source: SNWM and GRoS – Birth Register)

Son of Thomas and Margaret Gunn of Glasgow.

(Source: CWGC and listed on the Glasgow WW2 Roll of Honour but without an address)

Killed in Action on 21 January 1944.

Commonwealth War Grave – Minturno War Cemetery, Italy.