SHORT, Bert

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Rank: 
Private (later Warrant Officer Class 1)
Unit / Base: 
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7263761
Honours & Awards: 
Military Medal (MM)
Private Bert Short was awarded the Military Medal, announced in Gazettes on the 13th October 1939, for "gallant and distinguished service in recent operations."
 
Extract from Commando Association newsletter 35 issued September 1962 "Recently promoted W.O.1. and R.S.M. of No. 18 Coy. R.A.M.C. at Millbank Barracks, London, S.W.1, is ex Pte. Bert Short, M.M. of 1 Cdo."
 
Sources
London Gazettes Supp. 34709, page 6933.
Commando Association Newsletter 35.
List of contributors to the No.1 Cdo plaque at the Guildhall, Dartmouth [more...].
 
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No 1 Commando

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