211286 W/O Frank Richards British Army King Shropshire Light inf Northants Regiment from:Neath,South Wales My father, Frank Richards, was in the K.S.L.I 1936-1939, Northants Regiment 1939- April 1944, Oxs and Bucks 1944-April 1945,the Queens Regiment April 1945-May 1946.
I Know very little detail about his actual movements during the war except that he was at Dunkirk and that he learned Swahili and trained African troops.
This was the reference his commanding officer gave him when he left the Army. Of which I am very proud.
"Thoroughly reliable and has plenty of initiative. Can handle men well. Hopes to obtain appointment in police force, for which his leading, tact, and wide military experience including the handling of native troops in East Africa,should make him ideally suited. A fine type of man."
signed by Captain Balding Commanding 2/7 Queens Royal Regiment.
Any information relating to my father would be gratefully recieved.
He passed away in 1997.
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