MUNNS, Leonard Cyril
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Leicester City Police
Regiment/Corps:
Leicestershire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241771
Born:
Friday, December 8, 1916
Died :
Saturday, June 10, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
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Lance Corporal Leonard Munns died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Mrs. E. J. Munns, of Leicester.
In 1939 Leonard Cyril Munns was a Probationary Police Constable residing at 83 Checketts Road, Leicester. Police Constable 291 Munns, Leicester City Police, volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and joined the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. After his training he was posted to No.4 Commando.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
The 1939 Register covering Leicester.
Report on Leicester City Police killed / Leicester Evening Mail 19/4/1945, p8.
Leicester City Police War Memorial Board at Mansfield House Police Station, Belgrave Gate, Leicester [view...].
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