FLETCHER, Edmund Frederick

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6482294
Born: 
Monday, September 1, 1913
Died : 
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Edmund Frederick Fletcher, warrant number 125160, joined the Metropolitan Police on 4 Aug 1936. He was a Police Constable on 'F' Division in 1939 residing at 20A St Charles Square, Notting Hill. Edmund volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 1st Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. He was then attached to No.3 Commando. In December 1943 Lance Corporal Fletcher, 5 Troop, was serving in Bone, North Africa. He was wounded 7 July 1944 during operations in Normandy, France.  Left the Police 17 November 1946.
 
Sources
No.3 Commando War Diary 4 December 1943.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/351/132.
The 1939 Register covering Kensington
 

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