WILLIAMS, Francis Arthur
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Known as:
Frank
Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
9 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241758
Born:
Sunday, July 15, 1917
Died:
1986
Place died:
Devon
Trooper Frank Williams, No.9 Commando, was wounded 19 March 1944 during operations in Italy (Monte Ornito and Monte Faito).
Francis Arthur Williams was a Metropolitan Police Constable at Hornsey Road Police Station in 1939. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 subsequently joining the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. Initially attached to No.12 Commando before joining No.9 Commando. Served in the Commandos from 22 July 1942 to 27 January 1946.
Francis Arthur Williams was a Metropolitan Police Constable at Hornsey Road Police Station in 1939. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 subsequently joining the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. Initially attached to No.12 Commando before joining No.9 Commando. Served in the Commandos from 22 July 1942 to 27 January 1946.
Post war he re-joined the Metropolitan Police. In 1963 he was a Detective Inspector on the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad team that investigated the Great Train Robbery. Retired with the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. Author of the book "No Fixed Address - The Great Train Robbers on the Run". Member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/73 (rank shown as Trooper).
The 1939 Register covering Islington Borough.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 84 (1987) (final commando rank shown as Trooper).
Met Police History Group via Forum message (army rank shown as L/Sgt or S/Sgt).
Registers of Deaths in Barnstaple Devon, regsitered in Nov.1986.
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