22 SAS Salmon, John Reginald

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Salmon ​

• FORENAME

John Reginald​

• UNIT

HQ (Second-in-Command) ​

• RANK

T/Major ​

• NUMBER

87313 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Malaya 1954 (Op.Sword) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 22.04.1920 Syston, Leicestershire, UK​

educated St. Edwards, Oxford​

BEF took part in Dunkirk evacuation​

awarded MC WW2 serving "V" Force in Burma​

postwar WW2 4 Field Regiment (RHA) in BAOR and North Africa​

1954 22 SAS​

former CO B Squadron ​

1961 retired Army​

preparatory school master​

operated Ships chandlery, Blakeney and Aldeburgh​

gamekeeper​

moved Devon​

head warden National Trust​

wife Billie Moore (married 1948) (2 sons, 1 daughter)​

died 29.04.2007 (Aged 87)​

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