ANSELL, Arthur James
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241725
Born:
Thursday, December 13, 1917
Died :
Thursday, March 4, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Trooper Ansell was reported wounded and missing on 4 March 1943 during operations in North Africa, later presumed died of wounds. He has no known grave. Son of Alfred and May Ansell; husband of Eileen Dora Ansell, of Finchley, Middlesex.
Arthur James Ansell, warrant number 126925, joined the Metropolitan Police on 7 June 1938. The following year he was a Constable serving at the Police Station in Holmes Road, Kentish Town. Arthur volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Arthur James Ansell, warrant number 126925, joined the Metropolitan Police on 7 June 1938. The following year he was a Constable serving at the Police Station in Holmes Road, Kentish Town. Arthur volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Sources
CWGC.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / Ref. MEPO 4/350/238.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/58, WO417/59, WO417/
The 1939 Register covering Kentish Town, London.
The 1939 Register covering Kentish Town, London.
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