RUSDALE, Alfred Ernest

Rank: 
Bombardier
Unit / Base: 
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
852223
Born: 
Monday, January 26, 1920
Died : 
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Age: 
88
Alfred Ernest Rusdale 1 Commando
Bombardier Alfred Rusdale, 6 Troop, was wounded 31 January 1945 during operations in Kangaw, Burma (Battle for Hill 170) [1][2].
July 1949 Metropolitan Police Constable transferred to Huntingdonshire Constabulary, St Neots Police Station [3][4]. Member of the Commando Association [4].
 
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/88.
[2] List of wounded (Linked Content below).
[3] Report on his police transfer in the Peterborough Standard 15 July 1949.
[4] Commando Association newsletters 27 (1958) and 118 (2004).
Memorial paver at the Army Commando Memorial, Alrewas (image in the CVA Gllery).
[Image] Report in the Peterborough Standard 08 September 1944.
 
Notes
  • Listed in the 1935 Royal Artillery Attestations Register, age would be 15. Released service 28 April 1946.
  • His brother 14370768 Private Cecil Charles Rusdale, The Parachure Regiment A.A.C., died France 19 August 1944 [CWGC...].

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