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Honour to the Airborne: Pt. 2
By David Buxton
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949
By Keith Jeffery
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29123" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Webb </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gordon Geoffrey Henry </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Commando (B Troop + 3 Troop) </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant + Captain + Major </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>126230 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross and bar,Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre (Fr) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Norway 1941 (MiD) Hardelot April 1942( MC) Dieppe August 1942 (barMC) Normandy 1944 (CdG) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Artillery</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born April 1920</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Trinity College,Glenalmond,Perth</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed in family fruit importing business,Glasgow 1936</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted R.A. August 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>307 Field Battery,R.A. (TA) (Gunner 927568) 9.9.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OCTU,Filey,Yorkshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30 Field Regiment,Royal Artillery (2Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches for France 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Commando July 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>recommended for MC for Lofoten Islands March 1941 (not awarded)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 19.8.1942 Dieppe</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches (London Gazette 7.7.1942)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>i/c rehabilitation camp for former prisoners of Japanese,Anglesey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>demobilised 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>returned to family business</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>insurance broker,Brighton,Sussex</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died February 1991 </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/g-webb.17953/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/17/17953-5098216b9715b1db4a61cc50508c350d.jpg?1591400131" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-webb.2062/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2062-a5c312b66a0adb95925558901341ed39.jpg?1591383401" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 29123, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Webb [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gordon Geoffrey Henry [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]4 Commando (B Troop + 3 Troop) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lieutenant + Captain + Major [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]126230 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Military Cross and bar,Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre (Fr) [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Norway 1941 (MiD) Hardelot April 1942( MC) Dieppe August 1942 (barMC) Normandy 1944 (CdG) [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Royal Artillery[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born April 1920[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Trinity College,Glenalmond,Perth[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed in family fruit importing business,Glasgow 1936[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted R.A. August 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]307 Field Battery,R.A. (TA) (Gunner 927568) 9.9.1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]OCTU,Filey,Yorkshire[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]30 Field Regiment,Royal Artillery (2Lt)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Mention in Despatches for France 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]4 Commando July 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]recommended for MC for Lofoten Islands March 1941 (not awarded)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]WIA 19.8.1942 Dieppe[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Mention in Despatches (London Gazette 7.7.1942)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]i/c rehabilitation camp for former prisoners of Japanese,Anglesey[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]demobilised 1946[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]returned to family business[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]insurance broker,Brighton,Sussex[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died February 1991 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-webb.17953/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/17/17953-5098216b9715b1db4a61cc50508c350d.jpg?1591400131[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-webb.2062/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2062-a5c312b66a0adb95925558901341ed39.jpg?1591383401[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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