BURDEN, Stanley Percival
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6482242
Born:
Monday, January 28, 1918
Died :
Thursday, November 1, 2001
Place died:
Exeter, Devon
Age:
83
Stanley Percival Burden joined the Metropolitan Police Force on 31 May 1937 warrant number 126230. He entered the Armed Forces on 19 June 1942 after volunteering for the Commandos and was posted to the 1st Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Fusilier Burden, No.1 Commando, served in North Africa and Burma. By 1945 he was in the HQ Troop of No.1 Commando. Returned to the Metropolitan Police on 16 February 1946 serving initially at Brixton, and then from 1949 on 'S' and 'Q' Divisions. Retired as a Constable on 21 July 1967. Member of the Commando Association last residing Exeter, Devon.
Sources
Commando Association newsletters 55, 107, and Obituaries in newsletter 114 (March 2002).
Image of No1 Commando News Letter 27 Feb 1944 in No.1 Cdo. Gallery.
Register of Deaths in Devon in 2001.
The 1939 Register covering Westminster.
Tony Moore, FRHistS. and Police Historian.
[Image] Cropped from the Nov.1943 No.1 Cdo. panorama image in Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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