BARRAND, Peter Charles

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
11 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Rifle Brigade
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6971182
Died : 
Friday, November 14, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Lance Corporal Peter Barrand was reported missing presumed killed during operations in the Western Desert. Son of Oscar A. and Grace Barrand, of Selsey, Sussex [1][2].
Peter is believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ [3].  
 
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/55.
[3] The book Get Rommel, author Michael Asher.
 
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