Seaforth Highlanders 1935
11 Commando (6 Troop) 1941 (L/Cpl)
L Det SAS 1941 (L/Cpl 2819656)
Tmimi-Gazala raid - POW 16.11.1941
released 1945
RASC until 24.5.1947
E-mail from Alan Orton
My dad was born on the 5th of April 1916 in Aston, Birmingham.His father (George, mother Agnes) also served as a regular soldier before the Great War.
They soon moved to 14 Wood street, Rugby in Warwickshire where he attended The Murray School.
On leaving school he worked as a Warehouse Clerk before joining up in 1935 in Coventry.
After he came out of the army in 1947 he married Olive Southam and lived in Leamington Spa and worked as a Bus Driver for the Midland Red until he retired.
He passed away on the 21st of October 1996.
Hi John
i have attached a cropped copy of my dad John Orton taken in Cyprus in 1941 while he was serving with No.11 (Scottish) Commando.
Also a little bit of additional information about his time in L Detachment, he jumped with Captain Stirling
