LACEY J A

LACEY, John Anthony

Photo believed to be of Trooper LACEY with 3 Commando in December 1941

Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps attached No.3 Commando

Rank: Trooper

Died: 19 August 1942

Aged: 22

Buried/ Memorial: Pihen Les Guines Cemetery, Dieppe, France

Address: 32 Elmwood Avenue, Hoole

Cheshire Observer

A CHESTER COMMANDO

TROOPER J A LACEY MISSING AFTER DIEPPE RAID

“Official notification has been received that Trooper John (Jack) Anthony Lacey, son of Mr Robert Lacey of Kent, formerly of Chester, is missing after the raid Dieppe, in which he took part as a Commando. Tpr Lacey, who is 22, is a brother of PC E Lacey and Det R Lacey of Chester City Police. He has been in the Army since he was 14, and was educated at Victoria Road School.”