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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29369" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Challenor </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Harold Gordon (Tanky) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS (C Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lance Corporal </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7406037 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Medal </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Normandy 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Army Air Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former Royal Army Medical Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 16.3.1922 Bradley,Staffordshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Tom Challenor</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed,barber's shop,Watford</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed,nurse at a mental hospital</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Army 1941 (RAMC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former 62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS (A Sqdn + C Sqdn) 1943-45 (L/Cpl + Sgt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW December 1943 - escaped</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>foundry worker</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Metropolitan Police 1951-64</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>solicitor's clerk,Norbury</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>co-author "Tanky Challenor,SAS and the Met" (1990)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Doris Broome 1944 (1 adopted son)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died September 2008 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-challenor.2894/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2894-8ab313754127e0f0e15ab249c17f3743.jpg?1591383614" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 29369, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Challenor [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Harold Gordon (Tanky) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2 SAS (C Squadron) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lance Corporal [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]7406037 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Military Medal [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Normandy 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Army Air Corps[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]former Royal Army Medical Corps[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 16.3.1922 Bradley,Staffordshire[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]resided London[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Tom Challenor[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed,barber's shop,Watford[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed,nurse at a mental hospital[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Army 1941 (RAMC)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]former 62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]2 SAS (A Sqdn + C Sqdn) 1943-45 (L/Cpl + Sgt)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]POW December 1943 - escaped[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]foundry worker[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Metropolitan Police 1951-64[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]solicitor's clerk,Norbury[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]co-author "Tanky Challenor,SAS and the Met" (1990)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Doris Broome 1944 (1 adopted son)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died September 2008 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-challenor.2894/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2894-8ab313754127e0f0e15ab249c17f3743.jpg?1591383614[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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