He was born in Walton-on-the-Naze in north Essex. In the summer 1940 he married Thelma Beatrice Cooling. They are the step-sons of Frederick Arnold and his wife Amy nee Miller later Procter.
His son Adrian remembered his father talking of his trips to Coleshill, travelling by train. He also recalled a trip to Orford Police station around 1963 when there was an arms amnesty. He handed in dozens of boxes of ammunition, detonators, time pencils and switches and fuse wire. No questions were asked. They had all been stored in a cupboard in the garage for 20 years.
Adrian recalled his father's stories of a Bren gun concealed in the boot of the car and how they made their own knives, incendiary devices from phosphorous and rubber and made use of cheese cutters during silent killing.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk Group 5 | Assistant Group Commander | Unknown | Unknown |
| Suffolk Group 1 | Assistant Group Commander | Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
Civil engineer of sea defences
Procter was originally the Assistant Group Commander of Suffolk Group 5 but was moved to Group 1 on a change of employment.
Possibly he was the original Patrol Leader of the Ipswich 1 Patrol prior to his commission. He posed with the patrol when they had their Stand Down photos taken in October 1944.
TNA ref WO199/3389,
Hancock data held at B.R.A,
1939 Register & 1921 Census
Ancestry.co.uk
Son Adrian Procter