CARLISLE, Alan

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Known as: 
Ginger
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queens Own Royal West Kent
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6344509
Born: 
1920
Birthplace: 
Croydon
Died : 
Saturday, December 27, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Surrey, Brookwood Memorial
Operations: 
'Vaagso - Operation Archery'
'Lofoten Islands - Operation Claymore'
Alan Carlisle 3 Commando
Lance Corporal Alan Carlisle, 4 Troop, died during operations at Vaagso, Norway. He was buried at sea after a service on board HMS Kenya. Son of Archibald and Agnes Carlisle, of Leigh Beck, Canvey Island, Essex.
  • Enlisted 1937; deployed to France 1939; volunteered for Commandos after Dunkirk; joined No.3 Commando and took part in the Lofoten Islands raid in March 1941.
  • See Linked Content below for more.
  • View photos in our Gallery [view....].
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
CVA Gallery -  No.3 Commando 4 Troop, Raiding Party Lofoten Raid photo.

 [Image] Richard Carlisle (great nephew).

Primary Roll of Honour: 
3 Commando Roll of Honour
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
CARLISLE, Alan (No.3 Cdo) remembered
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando

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