VI COMMANDO

L/Bdr. Henry Lavery, formerly of the Royal Artillery, served in No.4 Troop of No.6 Commando.

L/Bdr Henry Lavery was reported as being Killed In Action (KIA) on 18th August 1944, aged 31 years, during the attack by No.4 Troop across the bridge over the River Bivette at Bavent.

Henry was the son of Henry and Bridget Lavery; and the husband of Eileen Gertrude Lavery, of Feltham, Middlesex, and was laid to rest in Ranville War Cemetery (Calvados, Normandy, France), Grave VA.P.1.