LACEY J A
LACEY, John Anthony
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.”