PETKEN, William Henry
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police (War Reserve)
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6482258
Born:
Saturday, June 29, 1912
Fusilier William Petken was wounded 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). He volunteered for the Commandos from the Police.
In 1939 he was a Metropolitan Police War Reserve Officer on 'L' Division number 551, residing in Burchell Road, Peckham. Post war member of the Commando Association from Brighton.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/66.
In 1939 he was a Metropolitan Police War Reserve Officer on 'L' Division number 551, residing in Burchell Road, Peckham. Post war member of the Commando Association from Brighton.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/66.
Deatils of operation on Linked Content below
The 1939 Register covering Camberwell.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 76 (March 1983).
Registers of Deaths Brighton, Sussex, Vol.18, page 0154, registered Jul/Aug/Sept. 1982.
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