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Jump Commander: In Combat With The 82nd Airborne In World War II
By Colonel Mark Alexander & John Sparry
The Men Who Persevered: The AATTV
By Bruce Davies & Gary McKay
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29274" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>McCracken </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Andrew (Willy)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.A. 29 Commando Regiment </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>501653</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Falklands 1982 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Woolwich,London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.6.1950 Coleraine,Co.Londonderry</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Norman McCracken</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Dungannon Grammar School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Omagh Academy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned R.A. 1974</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>47 Field Regiment R.A. until 1982</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>29 Commando Regiment R.A. 1982</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff,5 Airborne Brigade</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>29 Commando Regiment R.A. (7 Battery) 1986-88</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff,43 Infantry Brigade</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded M.B.E. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>101 (Northumbrian) Field Regiment R.A. (C.O.) (LtCol) 1988</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Artillery Staff,3 (UK) Infantry Division (Yugoslavia) 1996</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Jacquetta (3rd wife)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>one daughter from 2nd marriage</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died of a ruptured aneurysm 19.10.2012</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 49134, 8th October 1982, Page 12847</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-mccracken.3767/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3767-cf14d446adc30c013908fbb67ad45b6b.jpg?1591383844" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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