Popski's Private Army - No. 1 Demolition Squadron

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Reference WMO/279265

Address:

Allied Special Forces Memorial Grove

National Memorial Arboretum

Croxall Road

Alrewas

Burton-on-Trent

DE13 7AR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Popski's Private Army, officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, was a unit of British Special Forces set up in Cairo in October 1942 by Major Vladimir Peniakoff. Popski's Private Army was one of several raiding units formed in the Western Desert during the Second World War. PPA served in Libya, Tunisia, Italy and Austria before being disbanded in 1945. Included on this Memorial are plaques honouring the 27th Lancers and Porterforce along with the Italiian 28th. Garibaldi Brigade who served alongside PPA. The Roll of Honour. Cpl John Cameron, Lt. Duncan Baxter, Tpr. Thomas Croghan, Sgt. Charles Curtis, Drv. William Curtis, Pte. John Hunter, Spr. Richard MacDowall, Lt. Ian McCallum, Sgt. David Porter, Tpr. Arthur Rogers, Cpl. James Snape and Albert White.
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Inscriptions are on the 6 information plaques as pictured here.

Major Vladimir Peniakoff The Roll of Honour. Cpl John Cameron, Lt. Duncan Baxter, Tpr. Thomas Croghan, Sgt. Charles Curtis, Drv. William Curtis, Pte. John Hunter, Spr. Richard MacDowall, Lt. Ian McCallum, Sgt. David Porter, Tpr. Arthur Rogers, Cpl. James Snape and Albert White.

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