WHITE, Horace George Lewis
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Rank:
Corporal (later Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Hampshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6482248
Born:
Friday, July 11, 1919
Died:
1968
Place died:
London
Corporal Horace White was wounded 6 June 1944 during operations in Normandy, France.
In 1939 he was single and a Police Constable residing at the Police Section House, Medway House, Bermondsey. He subsequently volunteered for the Commandos and was part of the 1st Police Intake of 1942. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bromley. They record his military rank as Sergeant.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
The 1939 Register covering Southwark Borough.
Tony Moore FRHistS and Police Historian.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 47 (Sept. 1978).
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