MEEKINGS, Ernest James Frederic
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
8 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5625264
Service Record:
WO422 / Apv001278084
Born:
Tuesday, December 9, 1919
Birthplace:
Streatham, London
Died:
1973
Age:
53
Ernest Meekings, a Milkman from Streatham, served in the Commandos from 31 October 1940 to 5 January 1946. In November 1943 he was serving as a Signaller in the HQ Troop of No.3 Commando. Active service included Sicily, Italy, France, Holland, and Germany.
Service timeline
15.03.1941 enlisted into the Devonshire Regiment.
31.10.1940 volunteered for and posted to No.8 Commando. Promoted Lance Corporal.
10.11.1940 posted No.4 Special Service Battalion.
05.03.1941 posted No.3 Commando. Reverts to Private own request.
13.07.1945 posted HQ 1 Commando Brigade.
05.01.1946 posted to 6th Devons.
25.05.1946 Release Leave begins.
08.08.1946 release to Class Z(T) Reserve, Class A Release.
Sources
Service Record / Ancestry.
No.3 Commando War Diary Nov.1943 (see additional content).
Commando Association newsletter 57 (1973) (erroneously shows rank as Fusilier)
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