ARMY CDOS Forfar, John Oldroyd

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Forfar ​

• FORENAME

John Oldroyd ​

• UNIT

47 R.M. Commando (HQ Troop) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

227049 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross,Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 (MiD) Walcheren 1944 (MC)​

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Army Medical Corps ​

born 16.11.1916 Glasgow​

educated Perth Academy​

graduated University of St Andrews 1941​

house surgeon,Perth​

commissioned R.A.M.C. 1942​

11 Field Ambulance​

47 Commando 1943-45​

consultant paediatrician,Dundee Royal Infirmary​

senior lecturer,University of St Andrews (Professor)​

Eastern Hospital,Leith 1950​

Western General Hospital,Edinburgh​

President of the Britsih Paediatric Association​

author "From Omaha to the Scheldt:The Story of 47 RM Commando" (2000)​

married Isobel Fernback 1942 (died 2012) (3 children)​

died 14.8.2013​

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