PARKER, Robert John
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Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Cheshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Irish Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
14241686
P.O.W. number:
27656
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, October 4, 1917
Birthplace:
Northwich, Cheshire
Died:
1989
Place died:
Stockport, Cheshire
Guardsman Robert Parker was reported missing 26 February 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm), later found to be wounded and a prisoner of war.
Robert John Parker was a Cheshire Constabulary Police Constable who volunteered for the Commandos. He enlisted on 23 June 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/59.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/59.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/282/46.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/243/2.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
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