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Operation Bulbasket
« on: Wednesday 23 March 22 20:36 GMT (UK) »
I have come across a distant relative named Leslie Charles Long who was killed on the 7th July 1944. He was part of a SAS group that were captured and killed under the commando order, given by Hitler.
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ROBERTS[Caernarvonshire]
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Re: Operation Bulbasket
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 24 March 22 00:42 GMT (UK) »
Following extracted from Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:
CORPORAL LESLIE CHARLES LONG, Service Number: 6019123
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C. B Sqdn., 1st
Date of Death: Died 07 July 1944, Age 26 years old
Buried or commemorated at ROM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 1-26. France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Son of Charles Percival and Harriet Mary Long; husband of Lilie Eileen Long, of Forest Gate, Essex.

Note:
1. Abbreviation A.A.C. = Army Air Corps.
2. Rom Communal Cemetery  -  https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/rom-communal-cemetery.html
See penultimate row of headstones, far right image, his headstone is situated 2nd left. Also see memorial plaque titled "Les Chemins de La Liberte" which contains more information.
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Re: Operation Bulbasket
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 24 March 22 09:15 GMT (UK) »
Hello q98,

Thank you for the reply

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PRITCHARD[CAERNARVONSHIRE/DENBIGHSHIRE
EVANS[CAERNARVONSHIRE/DENBIGHSHIRE]
SLOAN/SLOANE[CAERNARVONSHIRE]
WILLIAMS[Caernarvonshire]
JONES[Caernarvonshire/Denbighshire]
ROBERTS[Caernarvonshire]
TODD[ANTRIM]
McNEILL[Antrim]
FURNEAUX[DEVON]
SKINNER[DEVON]
WEST[Devon]
SANDERS/SAUNDERS[DEVON]
WEBBER[Devon]
BARRET[Devon]
POPE[Devon]
EDWARDS [Caernarvonshire/Denbighshire]