Wounded In Normandy
Pte R.M. Spratt
Service No.
3194067
Company:
Unknown
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date Wounded:
Monday, 07 August 1944
Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)
Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire in Pissot
Roger Mather Spratt was born in June 1916, in Morpeth near Newcastle. Son of William and Annie Spratt.
In the 1939 Register, he is living in Bedlington, Northumberland and his occupation is listed as 'Screening coals at waste above' (Mine worker).
He was wounded in August 1944 during Operation Bluecoat and the attack on Vire and Vaudry. You can read more about the action, and the cost, here.
Roger was wounded again on 24th September 1944.
He was discharged from the Army in February 1946. At the time of claiming his medals, in 1950, he was living in Blyth, Northumberland.
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