ARMY CDOS Lewis, Anthony David (Tony)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lewis ​

• FORENAME

Anthony David (Tony) ​

• UNIT

6 Commando (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

95626 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Croix de Guerre with palm (Fr) ​

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• PLACE

Germany 1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Dorsetshire Regiment​

born 3.4.1920​

RMC Sandhurst​

commissioned Dorsetshire Regiment July 1939​

4 Commando 1941-42​

6 Commando 1943-45​

4 Troop 22.1.1943 (Lt)​

Captain 10.3.1943​

5 Troop 21.6.1943 (Cap)​

2nd in Command (Major)​

C.O. 24.6.1944 (Lt Col)​

Dorsetshire Regiment 1946​

awarded M.B.E. 1953 (Kenya)​

Commander of Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces 1964-67​

retired to Wiltshire​

husband of Molly (4 children)​

died 22.1.2000 ​

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