DAVID, Gordon Percy
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Frome, Somerset Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241820
Born:
Friday, November 15, 1918
Died :
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Age:
96
Gordon Percy David, a Police Constable from Frome, Somerset, volunteered in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), located at Achnacarry. On completion of his training he was attached to No.2 Commando. Trooper David was wounded on 14 September 1943 during operations at Salerno, Italy.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
Handwritten list of names of No.2 Commando ( Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE).
The 1939 Register covering Frome.
Registers of Deaths in Somerset.
Article in the Somerset Standard 24 July 1942.
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