- SURNAME
Warr
- FORENAME
Peter Esmond
- UNIT
L Detachment SAS
- RANK
Lieutenant (T/Captain)
- NUMBER
187052
- AWARD
Member of the Order of the British Empire
- PLACE
North Africa 1942
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit East Surrey Regiment
born 30.11.1919 Alton,Hampshire
commissioned East Surrey Regiment (2Lt) 17.5.1941
PJI,Kabrit (later 4 METS) October 1941
L Detachment SAS (PJI) 6.11.1941-July 1942 (Lt - Cap)
1 Special Service Regiment July 1942 (Cap)
1 SAS September 1942 - 5.1.1943 (Cap)
M.B.E. (London Gazette 9.9.1942)
10 Bn Parachute Regiment 5.1.1943 (Cap + Major)
WIA 20.9.1944 Arnhem
WIA and POW 21.9.1944 Arnhem
award D.S.O
Stalag Luft 4,Tychowo,Poland (POW No 606)
repatriated April 1945
demobilised late 1945
died 19.1.1982 Hampshire
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