TUDOR, William John
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Cheshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Service:
Army
Number:
14241701
Born:
Tuesday, October 3, 1916
Died :
Monday, March 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private William Tudor was killed in action during operations at the Anzio beachhead, Italy.
Son of John J. and Emma A. Tudor, of Clive, Shropshire [1][2][3].
Previously wounded 30 December 1943 (Operation Partridge), Italy [4].
2 May 1938 joined Cheshire Constabulary; 1939 Police Constable residing at Ernest Street, Crewe; 1942 volunteered for the Commandos, part of the Police Intakes to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry; named on the Cheshire Constabulary War Memorial Plaque at Constabulary HQ, Winsford, Cheshire.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/76.
[3] No.9 Cdos. 2nd Anzio landing ( Linked Content below).
[4] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/70.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
The 1939 Register covering Crewe.
IWM Memorial Register ref. 18185.
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