PARKER, Robert John
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Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Cheshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Irish Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
14241686
P.O.W. number:
27656
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, October 4, 1917
Birthplace:
Northwich, Cheshire
Died:
1989
Place died:
Stockport, Cheshire
Guardsman Robert Parker was reported missing 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm) and later found to be a prisoner of war. Robert Parker was a Cheshire Constabulary Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 as part of the Police Intakes to the Commando Depot ( Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/59.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/59.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/282/46.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
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