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The Battle of Mogadishu
By Matt Eversmann
Long Range Desert Group
By W.B.Kennedy Shaw
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32771" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Hargreaves </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Richard Strachan (Dick)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Bn (B Company)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain (A/Major) </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>109259 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Italy 1943 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong><br /> born 26.9.1919 Malaya<br /> son of James and Mary (nee Burton) Hargreaves<br /> family moved to Cornwall 1925<br /> educated Amesbury School,Surrey<br /> educated Dauntsey's School,Wiltshire<br /> receptionist,Berkeley Hotel,London<br /> 12 Bn Royal Fusiliers May 1939 (Private - Lance Sergeant)<br /> commissioned 2Lt Royal Fusiliers 30.12.1939<br /> Parachute Regiment 1942<br /> demobilised 1946<br /> director of Gallaher (tobacco manufacturer)<br /> director,Savoy Group (hotels)<br /> chairman,J.A. Devenish (West Country brewers)<br /> chief inspector,Special Constabulary,Surrey Police Force (served 1958-70)<br /> Deputy Lord Mayor,Westminster 1977<br /> retired to Lymington,Hampshire and later South Petherton,Somerset<br /> married Kay Nightingale 1945 (died 2000) (4 children Jo,Judy,Sally and Tim)<br /> died 10.8.2019<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-hargreaves.32127/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32127-29a0ea538575938ed19d2cb009764b66.jpg?1591436189" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
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