TUNGATT, Leonard Frederick
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
14604394
Died :
Sunday, January 28, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Fusilier Leonard Tungatt was killed in action during operations at Kangaw, Burma. Son of Frederick Tungatt, and of Susan Tungatt (nee Tyler); husband of Kathleen Mary Tungatt, of Leytonstone, Essex. Leonard was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos joining HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943. Police warrant number 128136; joined the Metropolitan Police 4 Sept 1939; left 28 Jan 1945 (died); last posted to H Division as a Constable.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/88.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/350/277.
Metropolitan Police Roll of Honour / Metropolitan Police Attestation Ledger.
Metropolitan Police Roll of Honour / Metropolitan Police Attestation Ledger.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
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