LOVELL, Ronald Ernest
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
'Special Boat Section'
Prior Police Service:
Bedfordshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241834
Born:
Thursday, January 27, 1916
Died :
Friday, March 9, 1990
Place died:
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Age:
74
Ronald Ernest Lovell was a Bedfordshire Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 as part of the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. Active service included in Burma with 2 Special Boat Section. Post war he re-joined the Police.
Police service
16.08.1936 joined the Bedfordshire Constabulary.
22.11.1945 re-joined the Bedfordshire Constabulary and became a Traffic Patrol Officer.
22.10.1967 retired on pension rank Constable.
Sources
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
The 1939 Register covering Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
2 SBS document dated Feb 1944 (Linked Content below).
Letters from the late Henry Brown OBE (CA Sec) re membership provided by Clive James (nephew).
Bedfordshire Police Museum and Archive via Tony Moore FRHistS. and Police Historian.
Article below in the Bedfordshire Times and Independent newspaper 21 August 1936, p9.
[Image] Cropped from National Army Museum photo ref. NAM. 1987-04-8-3, identified by nephew.
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