HARKNESS, Peter

Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Gordon Highlanders
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2879689
Died : 
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
26
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Lance Sergeant Peter Harkness was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action. Son of Peter and Catherine Ann Harkness.
Lance Sergeant Harkness served in 6 Troop and had embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 268 He is referred to in the last letter of his good friend Lance Sergeant William Gibson who also died on the raid.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/41 (1942) and WO417/58 (1943).
Linked Content below.
St Nazaire Society website.
[Image] Anthony Peter Harkness, great nephew.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
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