COOPER-KEY, Caryll Astley
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Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
44852
30 January 1930 commissioned Second Lieutenant, Yorks. and Lancs. Regt. [1].
1 August 1938 (Lieutenant) promoted Captain, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2].
August 1940 second in command of No.12 Commando on its formation [3].
15 June 1942 second in command of 142 Commando Company [4].
16 June 1944 (Captain)(War Substantive Major) resigned his commission [5].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 33575, page 652.
[2] London Gazette 34538, page 5032.
[3] The book List the Bugle, auther Maj Gen Corran Purdon MC [more....].
[4] War Diary for 142 Commando Company (142 Company RIASC) [more....].
[5] London Gazette 36721, page 4475.
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