PEACOCK, Arthur William
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Essex Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6968883
Operations:
Lance Sergeant Arthur Peacock, 2 troop, was one of the commando contingent embarked on Motor Launch ML 443 for Operation Chariot, the raid at st Nazaire 28 March 1942. He was evacuated back to the UK after the raid. He remained in service with No.2 Commando 2 Troop during operations in the Meditteranean theatre of war*.
Sources
St. Nazaire Society website.
St Nazaire Society 75th Anniversary Newsletter nom. roll.
CVA Gallery 2 Troop images.
* Report on Permanent Duties by Captain Keep, Adj., No.2 .Commando War Diary 18/12/143.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 114 issued March 2002.
Notes
He is believed to play a lead role in the fim shown below made in October 1945.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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