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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29115" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wakeling </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James Dennis (Jimmy) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>40 Commando (A Troop) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></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>Dalmatian Islands 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.12.1918 Leicester</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of John Lucas and Mary Louisa Wakeling</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated St Michael's School,Limpsfield,Surrey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Dean Close School,Cheltenham</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated St Catherine's School,Cambridge</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined R.M. 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>43 Commando August 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>40 Commando October 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RM Depot,Deal 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ Commando Group,India 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>released from RM 27.2.1946 (Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Ridley Hall Theological College postwar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ordained Deacon 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ordained Priest 1948</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bishop of Southwell (Rt Rev) 1970</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1984</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Josephine Margaret (died April 2004) (2 sons)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 10.10.2004</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 36979, 9th March 1945, Page 1386</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-wakeling.7179/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/7/7179-7e68d8d9628c38e00dfb10887a6456be.jpg?1591388954" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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