PARAS Pott, Robert Laslett John

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John Robertson

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Pott ​

  • FORENAME
Robert Laslett John ​

  • UNIT
156 Bn (A Company)​
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  • RANK
Lieutenant (A/Major) ​

  • NUMBER
95241 ​

  • AWARD
Military Cross ​

  • PLACE
Italy 1943 ​

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    born 14.7.1919 Khartoum,Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
    educated Wellington College
    RMC Sandhurst
    commissioned 1.7.1939 (2Lt)
    1 Bn King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
    Lieutenant 1.1.1941
    WIA 1942 North Africa
    156 Bn Parachute Regiment (A Company) 1943
    WIA 18.9.1944 Arnhem
    worked for Christian Relief Agency Tearfund,Sudan
    married Anna Frost 1941
    died 23.4.2005
 
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