PERKINS, Leonard
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Known as:
Len
Rank:
Sergeant (later Sergeant Major)
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish QOCH
Service:
Army
Number:
2930945
Honours & Awards:
Sergeant Leonard Perkins, 5 troop ('A' section) from Liverpool was wounded on 29 July 1944, this date being that of Operation Healing 2 at Spilje, Albania [1][1a].
Awarded the Military Medal and also received a Mention in Despatches both in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field [2][3]. Employed as a clerk before the war. [1].
Sources
[1] Notebook of L/Sgt. Joe Rogers MM 2 Cdo.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/81.
[2] London Gazette 36983, page 1428 dated March 1945.
[3] London Gazette 36950, page 1042.
[Image] Cropped from photo in No.2 Commando gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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