ARMY CDOS Webb, Gordon Geoffrey Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Webb ​

• FORENAME

Gordon Geoffrey Henry ​

• UNIT

4 Commando (B Troop + 3 Troop) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant + Captain + Major ​

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• NUMBER

126230 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross and bar,Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

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• PLACE

Norway 1941 (MiD) Hardelot April 1942( MC) Dieppe August 1942 (barMC) Normandy 1944 (CdG) ​

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born April 1920​

educated Trinity College,Glenalmond,Perth​

employed in family fruit importing business,Glasgow 1936​

enlisted R.A. August 1939​

307 Field Battery,R.A. (TA) (Gunner 927568) 9.9.1939​

OCTU,Filey,Yorkshire​

30 Field Regiment,Royal Artillery (2Lt)​

Mention in Despatches for France 1940​

4 Commando July 1940​

recommended for MC for Lofoten Islands March 1941 (not awarded)​

WIA 19.8.1942 Dieppe​

Mention in Despatches (London Gazette 7.7.1942)​

i/c rehabilitation camp for former prisoners of Japanese,Anglesey​

demobilised 1946​

returned to family business​

insurance broker,Brighton,Sussex​

died February 1991 ​

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