BUCKLAND, Reginald Arthur
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
'30 Commando Assault Unit'
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6482291
Fusilier Reginald Buckland was wounded during operations in Italy (date not reported).
Reginald Arthur Buckland joined the Metropolitan Police on 2 September 1939 as a Special Constable and subsequently became a War Reserve Constable.
He joined the Armed Forces on 21 July 1942 volunteering for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Reginald Arthur Buckland joined the Metropolitan Police on 2 September 1939 as a Special Constable and subsequently became a War Reserve Constable.
He joined the Armed Forces on 21 July 1942 volunteering for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Source:
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/81.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
Notes:
His Service number is within a batch allocated to those on the 1st Police Intake, however his date of joining coincides with that of the 2nd Intake.
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