ANDREWS, Alfred Archley
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
14604353
Born:
Saturday, October 28, 1916
Died :
Wednesday, January 31, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Fusilier Alfred Andrews died during operations at Kangaw, Burma. Son of George Andrews, and of Dora E. Andrews, of South Harrow, Middlesex.
Alfred was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the commandos and joined HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943.
Police warrant number 125297; joined the Metropolitan Police 12 Oct 1936; in 1939 he was PC 704K at Walthamstow Police Station, on K Division.
Sources
CWGC.
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019.
List of Met. Police Officers on Forum message titled Police Intakes.
The 1939 Register covering Walthamstow.
CWGC.
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019.
List of Met. Police Officers on Forum message titled Police Intakes.
The 1939 Register covering Walthamstow.
Registers of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/350/277.
Tony Moore FRHistS and Police Historian.
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book [Linked Content below].
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book [Linked Content below].
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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