14311788 Lance Corporal Arthur D. S. LACEY, 42nd Royal Tank Regiment, RAC: 22/06/1944

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LACEY, ARTHUR D. S.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 14311788
Date of Death: 22/06/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: 42nd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Grave Reference: Sec. A. Cons. Grave 163.
Cemetery: WATFORD NORTH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Arthur Darrell Lacey and Ellen Elizabeth Lacey, of Watford; husband of Phyllis Lacey.
Personal Inscription: "INTO THE MOSAIC OF VICTORY WAS LAID THIS PRECIOUS PIECE"

 

From a family tree:

Arthur Darrell S Lacey
1922–1944
BIRTH JUN 1922 • Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
DEATH 22 JUN 1944 • Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales


Name Arthur D S Lacey
Birth Date abt 1922
Date of Registration Sep 1944
Age at Death 22
Registration district Narberth
Inferred County Pembrokeshire
Volume 11a
Page 977

Born in Derbyshire, died in Pembrokeshire, Buried in Watford - ????

?Training accident??

TD

 

Motorcycle accident, Western Mail 1st July 1944

 

Thanks Guy - I was hoping you might pop along and provide the explanation

TD