Hi everyone. Am new to the site and this is my second ever post, I wanted to share some information about my distant relative Sydney Taylor. I knew he was in the Royal Marines and was killed on d day. What I didn’t understand was that he was killed at Omaha beach. He was crew on lct25 and was one of two killed. I found more details including a picture on the below link. Does anyone maybe have more information around Royal Marines crewing the Harris boats or anything else specific on Lct 25. Thankyou -Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11784
According to CWGC he was part of 525 LCA Flotilla, so he was on the smaller infantry assault craft rather than the larger tank landing craft. Casualty Details | CWGC Edit: not OMAHA either - see below.
Hi, 525 Assault Flotilla was carried on SS Empire Spearhead. There is some information on Empire Spearhead in the thread “Gold Beach” http://ww2talk.com/index.php?search/7507766/&q=empire+spearhead&o=relevance&c[user][0]=14598 Two LCA from 525 Flotilla were lost on the 6th June, LCA 1013 and LCA 1024. Regards Danny
Hi Idler many thanks for the information, much appreciated. The info I had from the link had a picture and records of his death but not sure how accurate that was.
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UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: Sydney Norman Brownley Taylor Event: Death Birth Date: 28 Jan 1923 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian Death Date: 6 Jun 1944 Death Age: 21 TD
From Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, June 1944 : Tuesday, 6 June 1944 LCS(M).99, ship loss NAYLOR, Gerald, Marine, PLY/X 109574, killed TAYLOR, Sydney N B, Marine, PO/X 110131, killed TULLY, John, Marine, PLY/X 104090, killed As per Danny's post above, LCS(M)(3) 99 was part of 525 Assault Flotilla. She is noted as lost during Operation Neptune, Normandy, June-July 1944, along with LCA 949, 1013, 1024 and 1149, as well as LCS(M)(3) 80 (LTIN 2134). Source: British vessels lost at sea in World War 2 - landing ships and craft, LSI, LST, LCT, LCG, LCV, LCVP etc No photo of LCS(M)(3) 99 that I know of, regrettably. Michel
