BINNIE, John
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6482283
Born:
Friday, July 5, 1918
Died:
1996
Place died:
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Lance Corporal John Binnie volunteered for the Commandos from the Metropolitan Police.
5 October 1943 wounded during operations at Termoli, Italy.
June 1944 wounded during operations at Normandy, France.
John Binnie, warrant number 127353 joined the Metropolitan Police on 21 Nov 1938.
1939 - Police Constable residing Blackheath Police Section House, Catherine Grove, Greenwich. Volunteered for the Commandos as part of the 1st Police Intake of 1942.
1 August 1945 left the Police, last posted to M Division, rank Police Constable.
Member of the Commando Association from Tunbridge, Kent.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/69.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78.
The 1939 Register covering Greenwich.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/351/10.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 103 (Sept. 1996) (rank shown as Corporal).
Records of Deaths registered in Tunbridge Wells, district 561B, Register B11, entry 41, date registered August 1996.
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