TORKINGTON, Wallace

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
South Lancashire Regiment 1/4 Bn.
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
3657895
Service Record: 
WO422 / Apv000760986
Born: 
Saturday, August 26, 1916
Birthplace: 
Marple, Cheshire
Wallace Torkington, No.2 Commando
Private Wallace Torkington served in 4 Troop of No.2 Commando in 1941. He was wounded 16 August 1943 during operations in Sicily. Active service included Italy and the Dalmatian Islands of the former Yugoslavia. Member of the Commando Association from Eaton, Congleton.
Service timeline
03.04.1940 enlisted South Lancashire Regiment. Trade: Butcher/Slaugterman and Van Driver.
25.11.1940 posted Warrington Infantry Training Centre.
05.01.1941 posted No.1 Special Service Battalion.
04.03.1941 posted No.2 Commando.
13.04.1943 embarked UK for Gibraltar.
16.08.1943 reported wounded Sicily (battle casualty). To Hospital.
06.12.1943 rejoined No.2 Commando.
17.11.1944 appointed Lance Corporal.
19.06.1945 embarked for UK.
19.11.1945 posted 19 Infantry Holding Bn.
12.02.1946 posted to 'Y' List, Class 'A' Release.
06.05.1946 released to W(T) Reserve List.
 
Sources
Service Record / Ancestry.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 76 (1983).
[Image] Gallery photo titled No.2 Commando 4 troop, Lockerbie School, Dumfries. Aug'41.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
‘Sicily - Operation Husky’
Archive pages : 
No 2 Commando

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