• Operation Frankton

Date of birth:

December 15th, 1921 (Kettering/Northamptonshire, United Kingdom)

Date of death:

March 23rd, 1943

Mentioned on:

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Service number:

Ply/X 108159 ​

Nationality:

British

William Mills trained in Portsmouth as part of the elite Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD). He took part in Operation Frankton in December 1942. During this mission, Mills was deployed from the submarine HMS Tuna and paddled a two-man canoe called the Crayfish with Albert Laver. They were arrested and executed by the SD during an attempted escape. The remains of both marines are missing. For this reason, they are commemorated on the Marine Memorial in Plymouth.

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