Private Colin E Willcocks

Colin Eric Willcocks was the son of Thomas E and Gertrude Willcocks; husband of Dorothy Lydia Annie Willcocks, of Yeovil, Somerset, he enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Willcocks successfully completed glider training and was posted to 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Pte Willcocks was killed in action on 7 June 1944, aged 22, and was given a field burial at Escoville and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 28 June 1945.

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