DICKINSON, John, L.
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Known as:
Jack
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Yorkshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241642
P.O.W. number:
6178
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, September 16, 1915
Birthplace:
Hull, Yorkshire
Lance Corporal John Dickinson was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations in Sicily, later found to be a prisoner of war.
A serving Police Officer he volunteered for the Commandos as part of one of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he was single and a Police Constable residing in Kingston upon Hull . At the same address are Elsie and Leonard Dickinson, the latter being a Police Inspector.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Cottingham, East Yorkshire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/96/231.
The 1939 register covering Kingston upon Hull.
Commando Association newsletter 120.
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