1987141 Alan LOCKERIDGE, Royal Engineers & SAS: 7/3/1944

Pals

I am after any more details on Alan LOCKERIDGE. From what I know he joined RE Supplementary Reserve ar a Militiaman 27.6.39

Mobilized 2.9.39
Overseas Service BEF 21/10/39- 07/06/40
North Africa and Central Mediterranen Forces 12/11/42- 07/03/44

Medals 39/45 Star Africa Star with 1st Army Clasp, Italy Star and 39/45 War Medal.

Killed in Action 07/03/1944

I have a picture of Alan 2nd SAS W Sqn c/o HQ 8th Army. Photograph for the Intelligance Group.

In have letters from SAS Accociation from 1985.

Pals can you please give me any more information? How he died what was he doing etc
Thanks in advance

Simon

LOCKERIDGE, ALAN Rank: Sapper Service No:1987141 Date of Death:07/03/1944 Age:24 Regiment/Service:Royal Engineer and Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C. Panel Referenc Panel 3. Memoria CASSINO MEMORIAL

 

• SURNAME

Lockeridge

• FORENAME

Alan

• UNIT

2 SAS

• RANK

Sapper

• NUMBER

1987141

• DATE OF DEATH

7th March 1944

• AGE

24

• GRAVESITE

Cassino Memorial,Italy Panel 3

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Engineers
born Manchester
resided Manchester
Op.Maple (subOp.Driftwood) - failed to make sea rendezvous - last
seen alive 7.3.1944

http://www.specialforcesroh.com/showthread.php?2754-Lockeridge-Alan

 

Simon,

Check out this thread put up by Diane (dbf). It looks like a few files went missing in the changeover to new software.

Operation Maple (Thistledown & Driftwood) - WW2Talk

Regards ...

 

There is another forum topics here
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/34263-operation-maple-thistledown-driftwood/?hl=%2Boperation+%2Bdriftwood

http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/16121-john-st-george-gunston-irish-guards-2sas-operation-maple/?hl=%2Boperation+%2Bdriftwood#entry417617

http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12842-sas-ops/?hl=%2Boperation+%2Bdriftwood#entry142149
the last one states :

Driftwood - Part of Operation Maple; two four man teams from 2 SAS were inserted and assigned to destroy a pair of railway lines (Urbino-Fabriano and Ancona-Rimini). (Italy, 1944)

 

Atnomis

Think I am right in suggesting that one of the Squadron Leaders at the time of this death was Major Roy Farran DSO - 3 M.C's etc - and that there maybe something in the war diaries to point out how he was lost as at that time they

were fiddling about in the Adriatic...

Cheers

 

Thanks all

Best get rading the threads. How do I find out if medals have been issued?

Simon

 

Simon

From the description of the Operation - the rail lines of Ancona - Rimini were near enough to the coast to be a nearly simple operation - but the other Urbano - Fabriano was a bit of a trek from

the coast and would have been much more tricky in March '44 as it was well occupied - until the August when the Gothic Line Battle started

cheers

 

Thanks guys.
Here is another picture

Simon