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The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France, 1944
By Will Irwin
Operation Archery: The Commandos and the Vaagso Raid 1941
By Ken Ford
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29053" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Smith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ian Christopher Downs </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12 Commando and 10 Commando (3 Troop) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>108233 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross and bar </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Channel raids 1943 and 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Army Service Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MC 2.3.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>bar to MC 3.8.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.4.1920 Keynsham,near Bristol</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Wycliffe College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RMC Sandhurst 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned RASC</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Commando 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>instructor,Achnacarry</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12 Commando</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award M.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10 Commando</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Bar to MC</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE Yugoslavia 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SBS 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>promoted Major 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RASC unit,Bicester</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Jesus College,Cambridge</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>posted to Minden,Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined family textile business 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hotel manager (5 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fish farmer in County Donegal 1970s</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Margaret (Peggy) Cropper 1944 (predeceased him) (2 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 3.5.2012 </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/i-smith.2044/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2044-69af48c8e7c41baff5ac29563d36bcbe.jpg?1591383395" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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