GRIEVE, John

Rank: 
Acting Lance Bombardier
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Hull City Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241629
John Grieve, a Hull City Policeman, volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Lance Bombardier John Grieve, No.3 Commando, was wounded 5 October 1943 during operations at Termoli, Italy.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
The Policemen of Hull, Hutton Press, 1992, author Tony Clarke.
Police Historians Martin Stallion and Tony Moore, FRHistS.
 
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