COULTHARD, Arnold, C.

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Sunderland Police Force
Regiment/Corps: 
Durham Light Infantry
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241706
Private Arnold Couthard served in 6 Troop. He was a Police Officer from Sunderland who volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes of 1942. Arnold is amongst the Police Officers from Sunderland who had passed their Police First Aid Course named in a newspaper report in 1940. An accomplished cricketer, Arnold was mentioned in a newspaper article about a cricket match in Gbraltar July 1943. Member of the Commando Association residing Sunderland.
 
Sources
Image in 2 Commando Gallery of a Nominal Roll for No.2 Commando 6 troop Dec'42.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued February 2004.
Report in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 04 January 1940.
Report (below) in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 23 July 1943.
Nominal Roll of No.2 Commando provided by D.R. (CBF).
 
Notes
Another Commando is mentioned in the article surname Prescott. This may be Jim Prescott No.2 Cdo. [more...].

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