ROLFE, Charles Kenneth
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Known as:
Ken
Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Manchester Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
14241693
P.O.W. number:
80062
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, March 15, 1916
Birthplace:
Ardwick, Manchester
Died:
1987
Place died:
Bolton Lancashire
Charles Kenneth Rolfe joined the Manchester Police on 10 August 1938 and in 1939 was a Police Constable living in Urmston. He volunteered for the Commandos enlisting 23 July 1942 as part of the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Gunner Charles Rolfe was attached to No.6 Commando on 24 September 1942. He was reported missing on 7 June 1944 during operations at Sallenelles, Normandy, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/80 and WO417/
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 86 issued March 1988.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/80 and WO417/
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 86 issued March 1988.
RA Tracer Card / RA Museum.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/272/1.
The 1939 Register covering the County Borough of Manchester.
The 1939 Register covering the County Borough of Manchester.
Manchester Police Index 1812-1941.
Registers of Deaths In Bolton in 1987.
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