GILLINGS, Leonard Richard
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241741
Born:
1918
Leonard Richard Gillings was a Metroplitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos and on 24 July 1942 joined the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Wounded 1943 during operations in Sicily. In 1950 Leonard was residing in Walthamstow.
Sources
No.3 Commando War Diary September 1943, List of Casualties (number incorrectly listed as 14241736).
WW2 Medal Card Index.
Tony Moore, FRHistS. and Police Historian.
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