- SURNAME
Dawson
- FORENAME
Robert William Palliser
- UNIT
4 Commando (Commanding Officer)
- RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
130068
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order,Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (Fr)
- PLACE
Normandy 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
born 25.9.1913 India
graduated Lausanne University,Switzerland
joined 4 Commando July 1940
former CO of C Troop
WIA November 1944 Walcheren
posted to Holding Operational Commando 24.6.1945
Foreign Office 1946-69
awarded C.B.E.
married (4 children)
died 4.5.1988
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