BURKE, Edmund
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Oxfordshire Constabulary
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241861
Born:
Thursday, April 1, 1915
Died:
1963
Place died:
Witney, Oxfordshire
Age:
48
In 1939 Edmund Burke was a Police Constable based at the Police Station in Rectory Lane, Woodstock. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic training Centre), Achnacarry. On completion of his training Private Burke was attached to No.1 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association with whom they lost contact.
Sources
Police Officers in the Armed Forces ref. Oxfordshire Constabulary Chief Constable’s Office, Bulletin No.5 Nov.1944
The 1939 Register covering Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Army Medal Application Card.
Commando Association Lost Legion List 2.
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