RN CDOS Compston, Sydney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Compston ​

• FORENAME

Sydney ​

• UNIT

R.N. F Commando ​

• RANK

Able Seaman ​

• NUMBER

D/JX 169001 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Medal ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Sedgley,Staffordshire​

born 1919​

employed,British Federal Welder and Machine Company,Dudley,Worcestershire​

R.N. November 1939​

HMS Drake​

HMS Venomous​

HMS Abdiel​

RN Beach Commando F 1942​

WIA 6.6.1944 Normandy​

farm worker postwar​

married Winifred Brain 1943-44 (died 2009) (2 children)​

died 17.11.2010​

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see following link​

http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/Compston.html ​

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