Private Brian Peter Quinn served with the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA).
Pte Quinn, aged 25 years, died of wounds received in a grenade attack in Aden on 30 May 1967. He was a driver attached to C Company in 1 Para who was in a patrol of two Landrovers in Al-Mansoura district when they were attacked by terrorists. He was repatriated by the family 10 June 1967. Now laid to rest in plot 68 Ringstead Parish church, Ringstead, Northamptonshire.
Gil Boyd of Gravewatch visited his grave to clean and tidy it in February 2017.
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By Wendy George. Grave kindly supplied Image Gil Boyd BEM
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