BARRASS, Nicholas William
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit/Base:
4 Commando
Police Service:
Bradford Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
295395
14253337
Born:
Monday, May 20, 1918
Died :
Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant Nicholas Barrass died during operations in Holland. Whilst engaged in a house clearance at Flushing he was killed by a sniper who fired from an adjacent building. Commissioned from the ranks as Second Lieutenant on 2 October 1943.
A serving Police Officer from Bradford he had volunteered as one of the Police Intakes to the Commandos. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing at 84 Cliffe Road. Lt. Murdoch C. McDougall described him as "a tall quiet spoken policeman, who had played football for Gateshead."
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/8.
The 1939 Register covering Bradford.
The book Swiftly They Struck, author Lt. Murdoch C. McDougall No 4 Commando.
London Gazette 36239, page 4910.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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