SAS Riccomini, James Arthur

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Riccomini ​

• FORENAME

James Arthur ​

• UNIT

2 SAS (3 Troop,B Squadron) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

137803 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

27th March 1945 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

Milan War cemetery,Italy V.A.4 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Army Air Corps​

former Royal Army Service Corps​

born 1918 Leeds,Yorkshire​

son of James Arthur and Kate Riccomini​

husband of Joyce Mary Riccomini,Maidstone,Kent​

awards M.B.E.,M.C.​

raised in Nottingham​

educated Henry Mellish Grammar School,Nottingham​

moved to Kent​

enlisted 5 Bn Scots Guards​

commissioned Royal Army Service Corps​

No 5 Line of Communication Railhead Transport Company (Palestine and Iraq)​

266 Company,R.A.S.C.​

POW 16.6.1941 Halfaya Pass,North Africa​

Camp 5 (Gavi,Italy)​

escaped 19.9.1943​

fought with Italian Partisans and entered Switzerland 11.1.1944 (MBE)​

2 SAS 1944​

Op.Tombola - KIA attack on German 51 Corps HQ,Albinea,Italy ​

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