SAS Patterson, Ian Norman

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Patterson ​

• FORENAME

Ian Norman ​

• UNIT

Special Boat Squadron (L Detachment) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

69411 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st December 1944 ​

• AGE

30 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bari War Cemetery,Italy XII.A.5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 11 Bn Parachute Regiment,A.A.C.​

former Royal Artillery​

born London​

resided London W​

son of Norman and Winifred Dorothea Patterson,Ashbridge Park,​

Hertfordshire​

commissioned Royal Artillery 1936​

Parachute Regiment November 1942​

151 Parachute Bn (Captain) 1942​

11 Bn (2IC) March 1943​

SBS,SAS November 1943​

awards M.C.,Mention in Despatches​

return from ops - Dakota crashed on hillside near Bari,Italy​

Little Gaddesden,Hertfordshire War Memorial ​

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