PRICE, David Elvet
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Rank:
Fusilier (later Lieutenant)
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6482275 and 320917
Born:
Thursday, November 21, 1918
Died :
Saturday, June 28, 1986
Place died:
Sketty, Swansea
1939 serving as Police Constable 'L296', Camberwell Police Station, London. Volunteered for the Commandos as part of the 1st Police Intake of 1942 [1][1a].
Fusilier, No.1 Commando Intelligence Section. To O.C.T.U.[2].
21 May 1944 commissioned Second Lieutenant, Welch Regiment [3].
21 May 1944 commissioned Second Lieutenant, Welch Regiment [3].
Member of the Commando Association [2].
Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police [4].
Extract from Commando Association newsletter 57
"Now closely connected with the police force again is Fus. (later Lieut.) David E. Price (1 Cdo Int. Sect.) who last July, we are delighted to report, obtained a degree and is now lecturing in Sociology at the Metropolitan Police Cadet School at Hendon. One of the first persons he met on arrival there was the School's Director of Physical Education, ex-Sgt. Stan Bissell (CBTC)."
Source
[1] The 1939 Register covering Camberwell.
[1a] Service number part of a batch allocated to the 1st Police Intake from the Met. Police.
[2] Commando Association newsletter 57 issued 1973.
[3] London Gazette 36647, page 3703.
[4] 2021 obituary for his widow Edwina Price in the N.A.R.P.O., Swansea branch, online book of remembrance.
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