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The Cockleshell Raid - Bordeaux 1942
By Ken Ford
Guy Gibson: Dambuster
By Geoff Simpson
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 54732" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Herd</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Peter James</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 or 2 Commando Company</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lance Corporal</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14th October 1958</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>28</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1930</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died in training</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>grave shows date of death as 4th October (error?)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/p-herd.25749/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/25/25749-0fa9849badae1b2d7863f378dc9256ed.jpg?1591433298" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Peter Herd was drowned while doing an “observe swim” to RVNS Cerberus at Half Moon Bay in Melbourne in October 1958.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Peter was a member of a party of ten who walked under water to the sunken vessel about 350 metres offshore. On the return journey Peter and another frogman got into difficulties. Warrant Officer Peter Askew rescued the other soldier and then pulled Peter from the water. Corporal Herd was rushed to hospital when he failed to respond to resuscitation. The previous year Herd was the inaugural recipient of the Major John Anderson Shield awarded to the member of 2 Cdo Coy who had shown the greatest all round progress and dedication to the unit.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 54732, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Herd[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Peter James[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]1 or 2 Commando Company[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lance Corporal[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]14th October 1958[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]28[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 1930[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died in training[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]grave shows date of death as 4th October (error?)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/p-herd.25749/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/25/25749-0fa9849badae1b2d7863f378dc9256ed.jpg?1591433298[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Peter Herd was drowned while doing an “observe swim” to RVNS Cerberus at Half Moon Bay in Melbourne in October 1958.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I][/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Peter was a member of a party of ten who walked under water to the sunken vessel about 350 metres offshore. On the return journey Peter and another frogman got into difficulties. Warrant Officer Peter Askew rescued the other soldier and then pulled Peter from the water. Corporal Herd was rushed to hospital when he failed to respond to resuscitation. The previous year Herd was the inaugural recipient of the Major John Anderson Shield awarded to the member of 2 Cdo Coy who had shown the greatest all round progress and dedication to the unit.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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