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1 British Airborne Division Phantom
By Asher Pirt
Code Talker : The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
By Jeff Bingaman, Chester Nez & Judith Schiess Avila
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32226" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lonsdale </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Richard Thomas Henry (Dickie) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn (A Company) + 11 Bn (2IC)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain (T/Major) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>69129 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Order and bar </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sicily 1943 and Arnhem 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded M.C. 25.10.1940 for Waziristan 1938 with Leicestershire Regiment </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">born 27.12.1913</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">son of Robert and Mrs Lonsdale</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">educated Eastbourne College</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">enlisted as Private in Army</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">RMC Sandhurst (Gentleman Cadet)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">commissioned 2 Lt Leicestershire Regiment 27.8.1936</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">awarded M.C. as above</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">151 Parachute Bn (T/Captain) 1941-42</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">156 Parachute Bn (Captain) 1942-43</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2 Bn Parachute Regiment (A Company) (T/Major) July 1943</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">11 Bn Parachute Regiment (2IC) (T/Major) September 1944</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">WIA 18.9.1944 Holland</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">3 Bn Parachute Regiment (C.O.) (A/Lt Colonel) 1945</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">King's African Rifles 1946</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">retired 1951</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">died 23.11.1988</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Aldershot Military Cemetery,Hampshire</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/r-lonsdale.3078/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3078-1facc6c6cc9a1627fc03b0665eca168c.jpg?1591383664" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-lonsdale.22216/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22216-38276183d75926e3ac39c7f09edcc225.jpg?1591401240" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 32226, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lonsdale [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Richard Thomas Henry (Dickie) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2 Bn (A Company) + 11 Bn (2IC)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Captain (T/Major) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]69129 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Service Order and bar [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Sicily 1943 and Arnhem 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]awarded M.C. 25.10.1940 for Waziristan 1938 with Leicestershire Regiment [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT]born 27.12.1913[/INDENT] [INDENT]son of Robert and Mrs Lonsdale[/INDENT] [INDENT]educated Eastbourne College[/INDENT] [INDENT]enlisted as Private in Army[/INDENT] [INDENT]RMC Sandhurst (Gentleman Cadet)[/INDENT] [INDENT]commissioned 2 Lt Leicestershire Regiment 27.8.1936[/INDENT] [INDENT]awarded M.C. as above[/INDENT] [INDENT]151 Parachute Bn (T/Captain) 1941-42[/INDENT] [INDENT]156 Parachute Bn (Captain) 1942-43[/INDENT] [INDENT]2 Bn Parachute Regiment (A Company) (T/Major) July 1943[/INDENT] [INDENT]11 Bn Parachute Regiment (2IC) (T/Major) September 1944[/INDENT] [INDENT]WIA 18.9.1944 Holland[/INDENT] [INDENT]3 Bn Parachute Regiment (C.O.) (A/Lt Colonel) 1945[/INDENT] [INDENT]King's African Rifles 1946[/INDENT] [INDENT]retired 1951[/INDENT] [INDENT]died 23.11.1988[/INDENT] [INDENT]Aldershot Military Cemetery,Hampshire[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-lonsdale.3078/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3078-1facc6c6cc9a1627fc03b0665eca168c.jpg?1591383664[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-lonsdale.22216/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22216-38276183d75926e3ac39c7f09edcc225.jpg?1591401240[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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