Lance Corporal · #2358302 · LRDG HQ
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Service number | #2358302 |
| Patrol | LRDG HQ |
| Died | 1945-04-28 |
| POW / KIA | Died on active service — 28 April 1945 (of injuries from an accident on Leros, Oct 1943) |
CWGC record (2026): Lance Corporal Harry Reginald Comben, service no. 2358302, Royal Corps of Signals, with the Long Range Desert Group recorded as his secondary unit. Died 28 April 1945, aged 32, three weeks before VE Day. BURIED AT PORTLAND ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Dorset — Non-Conformist Portion, grave 763. Son of Edward and Leila M. Comben, of Portland; husband of Phyllis Mary Comben, of Portland. His family chose the headstone inscription “Served with the Long Range Desert Group.” Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2709435/harry-reginald-comben/
Dodecanese operations, 1943: seriously injured in accident on Leros, Oct 1943; died 28 Apr 1945. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.
LRDG Roll of Honour (Aegean 1943): seriously injured in jeep accident on Leros, Oct 1943; later died in England 28.4.1945, LRDG HQ Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean" (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: The Aegean Operations 1943).
Died 28 Apr 1945 in England of injuries from a jeep accident on Leros, Oct 1943. Source: LRDG Roll of Honour, The Aegean Operations 1943 (Brendan O'Carroll).
His trade was Instrument Mechanic (Royal Corps of Signals).
CWGC: Lance Corporal Harry Reginald Comben, service no. 2358302, Royal Corps of Signals and Long Range Desert Group. Died 28 April 1945, aged 32 (of injuries received in an accident on Leros, October 1943). Buried at Portland Royal Naval Cemetery, Non-Conformist Portion, grave 763, United Kingdom. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Lance Corporal Comben, service no. 2358302; injured on Leros Oct 1943; died 28 April 1945. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).
LRDG Roll of Honour, the Aegean 1943: Lance Corporal, seriously injured in a jeep accident on Leros, October 1943; later died in England, 28 April 1945, LRDG HQ. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: the Aegean Operations 1943).
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