BRIDLE, Desmond George
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Scots
Service:
Army
Number:
14604360
Born:
Tuesday, April 3, 1917
Died :
Sunday, June 11, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lance Corporal Desmond Bridle, from South Harrow, was killed in action in Normandy, France, during operations near the Chateau d'Amfreville. Son of Arthur George and Bessie Bridle; husband of Winifred Gladys Bridle, of Wallington, Surrey.
Desmond was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos joining HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943. Police warrant number 127985; joined the Metropolitan Police on 31 July 1939; left 11 June 1944 (died); last posted to G Division as a Constable. In 1939 he was residing at the Police Section House, Judd Street, Camden.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/350/252.
The 1939 Register covering 53 Judd Steet Police Section House.
The 1939 Register covering 53 Judd Steet Police Section House.
Tony Moore FRHistS and Police Historian.
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