WEBSTER, Roland Hutchinson

Rank: 
Gunner
Unit / Base: 
12 Commando
4 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Consiborough Police Station ??
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241640
Roland Hutchinson Webster enlisted 23 July 1942 and after his training was attached to No.12 Commando on 24 September 1942. He transferred to No.4 Commando on 15 July 1943. On 10 June 1944 he was wounded during operations at Normandy, France. His date of enlistment and his service number indicate that that he joined the commandos as part of the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
 
Sources
RA Tracer Card / RA Museum.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
 
Notes
See article published in the South Yorkshire Times and Express 13 July 1940 below. Possibly identical.

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