PAUL, Haydn Bertram

Rank: 
Gunner
Unit / Base: 
1 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241751
P.O.W. number: 
228642
Born: 
Thursday, September 13, 1917
Died : 
Monday, January 4, 2010
Gunner Hadyn Paul was reported missing during operations in North Africa on 26 February 1943, later found to be a prisoner of war. He was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos enlisting 23 July 1942 as part of a Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing Gilmour House, Renfrew Road, Vauxhall.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/60 and WO417/91.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/21.
RA Tracer Card / RA Museum.
The 1939 Register covering Lambeth.
Registers of Deaths 2010 in Ashford, Tonbridge, Kent.
 

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