WILLIAMS, Albert
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Lancashire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Lancashire Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
14309591
Born:
Monday, March 13, 1916
Died :
Saturday, October 2, 1943
Between:
Tuesday, October 5, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Fusilier Albert Williams died during operations at Termoli, Italy. Son of Thomas Hugh and Elizabeth Williams; husband of May Williams (nee Hyde), of Prescot, Lancashire.
Albert was a serving Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos.
- 15.09.1939 joined Lancashire Constabulary as Police Constable 2419 attending Stanley Grange Police Training School.
- 15.10.1942 commenced military service assigned to Lancashire Fusiliers and then commando training - 3rd Police Intake.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
The 1939 Register covering Preston, Lancs.
Tony Moore, FRHistS, former Chief Supt. Met. Police.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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