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Darby's Rangers 1942-45
By Mir Bahmanyer
Commando Gallantry Awards of World War II
By G.A. Brown
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29509" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pomford </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Douglas </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Boat Squadron (S Detachment) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Corporal + Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3456406 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Medal and bar </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SBS Ops 1943 and islands of Ios,Amorgas and Nascos 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit South Lancashire Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born March 1920 Liverpool</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Liverpool</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>All England Amateur Middleweight Boxing Champion 1938</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted May 1940 South Lancashire Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11 Commando 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SBS attached L Detachment SAS March 1942 (Cpl)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SAS (D Squadron) 1942-43 (Cpl)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Boat Squadron (S Detachment) 1943-44 (Sgt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>qualified as paratrooper 1945 (served Balkans)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>demobilised 22.4.1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>established and ran Golden Gloves Club, Liverpool 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Catherine Cavanagh (died 2007)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 29.10.1969 age 49 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-pomford.1834/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1834-0eca4dcb8e50f848e4204c6c52eea955.jpg?1591383342" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-pomford.2409/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2409-103b7694cb87153a0d53a06a186af829.jpg?1591383488" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-pomford.20135/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/20/20135-6709a685dd34093f7e246e7af97594e6.jpg?1591400696" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-pomford.20136/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/20/20136-a1a485e8347c795f13bd2d6c6751bfec.jpg?1591400696" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-pomford-grave.11239/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11239-0b99a9afaf48730f572ec57a01d2ec11.jpg?1591390039" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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