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Those Devils in Baggy Pants
By David Ross Fraley & Ross S. Carter
The Special Air Service
By Philip Warner
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31095" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Coles </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vernon (Ginger) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.N. HM Submarine X 24 + XE 4 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Engine Room Artificer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Medal, Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bergen 1944 (DSM) Saigon 1945 (MiD) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 16.4.1920 Tilehurst, Berkshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>apprentice toolmaker, Huntley Boorne and Stevens prewar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.N. 1938</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HMS Faulkner (Stoker)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12 Submarine Flotilla (X-9 1943,X-24 1944 and XE-4 1945)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Submarine Service postwar until 1952</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ministry of Public Works and Buildings</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Marie Weaver 1948 (died 2010) (2 daughters,1 son)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 2.5.2014 (Aged 94)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/v-coles.28936/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/28/28936-79f0888e1e8e0ecff0986c50fb9ec212.jpg?1591434215" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/v-coles.28937/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/28/28937-2f9de9d522247da03387f0b6720d2892.jpg?1591434215" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/v-coles.13441/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13441-3878c3a785d662aeba43a28118754ca0.jpg?1591398885" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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