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Frogmen of World War 2
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33120" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lindsay </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sir Martin Alexander</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Parachute Regiment </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>T/Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>32017 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ardennes 1944-45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.08.1905, London, England</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Wellington College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1925 commissioned as second lieutenant in Royal Scots Fusiliers</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1932 married Joyce Lindsay (1904-1998) (divorced 1967) 3 children</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1936 left Army, moved to Lincolnshire. Conservative Party candidate for Brigg</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1939 Norwegian Campaign</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1944 second-in-command 1st Battalion of The Gordon Highlanders</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>received DSO</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ended war as Lieutenant Colonel</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>polar explorer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>politician</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.08.1969 married Loelia Ponsonby (1902-1993)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 05.05.1981 (aged 75) Surrey, England</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-lindsay.36098/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36098-1f23e915dad101ea4fe85ea965ef6e71.jpg?1638471294" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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