LESSONS, George Sutherland
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Prior Police Service:
City of London Police
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241746
Born:
Wednesday, August 16, 1916
Died :
Saturday, March 8, 1980
Place died:
Southend on Sea, Essex
Corporal George Lessons was wounded 1 November 1944 during operations at Flushing, Holland. He served in No.4 Commando alongside his brother Guardsman Victor Lessons.
George was a serving Police Officer who had volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he was a Police Constable at Bishopsgate Poilce Station in the City of London Police Force. Post war member of the Commando Association from Southend on Sea, Essex.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/85.
The 1939 Register covering the City of London.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 71 (1980).
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