3 CDO BDE van der Horst, Richard Evert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

van der Horst ​

• FORENAME

Richard Evert ​

• UNIT

R.M. Special Boat Service (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Captain (QCB), Lieutenant Colonel (OBE)​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

O.B.E. ​

• PLACE

1995 (QCB), Iraq 2003 (OBE)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

London Gazette 54212, 13th November 1995, Page 15370 (QCB)​

died 2005 - see Roll of Honour ​

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[BlackRatJan]

An obituary found in the Daily Telegraph, Thursday 24 Mar 2005, Page 31.

He was also part of the excellent documentary "How to Make a Royal Marines Officer", broadcast in 1989 and found on YouTube. He is part of the troop that was followed through their Royal Marines Commando training, where he won the award for best officer recruit.