Commando Service Certificate for Sgt John Willis-Jones
Date: 11/08/2020
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Sgt. John Park No.4 Commando and 2 SBS.
Sergeant John Park, a veteran of the 1942 Dieppe raid whilst attached to No.4 Commando, was reported missing 25 December 1943, later reported killed in action during the Hardtack 11 raid at Gravelines on the French coast. Casualty Lists record that he was attached to 2 Special Boat Section at the time. Son of John and Sarah Anne Park; husband of Elizabeth Park, of Millom, Cumberland.
In Memory of 3709917 Sergeant John Park
No.4 Commando and 2 Special Boat Section,
who died on 25 December 1943 aged 30.
Remembered with honour at Oye-Plage Communal Cemetery, France.