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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 2799" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Riccomini </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James Arthur </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS (3 Troop,B Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>137803 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27th March 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Milan War cemetery,Italy V.A.4 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Army Air Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former Royal Army Service Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1918 Leeds,Yorkshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of James Arthur and Kate Riccomini</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Joyce Mary Riccomini,Maidstone,Kent</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards M.B.E.,M.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>raised in Nottingham</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Henry Mellish Grammar School,Nottingham</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>moved to Kent</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 5 Bn Scots Guards</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned Royal Army Service Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>No 5 Line of Communication Railhead Transport Company (Palestine and Iraq)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>266 Company,R.A.S.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW 16.6.1941 Halfaya Pass,North Africa</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Camp 5 (Gavi,Italy)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>escaped 19.9.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fought with Italian Partisans and entered Switzerland 11.1.1944 (MBE)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Tombola - KIA attack on German 51 Corps HQ,Albinea,Italy </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-riccomini.30192/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30192-7985ba5804bd82945ad8fae0911291c9.jpg?1591434910" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-riccomini.10332/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10332-46ce5ffc7d5f8d881637bd87a5e9ccbf.jpg?1591389793" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-riccomini.30564/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30564-c46e257547544b00b5419319b118900f.jpg?1591435177" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-riccomini.30565/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30565-035e36826ded81d69cd96ce8810dceab.jpg?1591435178" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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