POWELL, Caryll Nicholas Peter
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Rank:
Lieutenant (Acting Captain)
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Temporary Lieutenant Caryll Powell was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry in the face of heavy odds in landings near Tobruk during Operation Agreement [1][2]. This was an amphibious raid which included, amongst others, a Force of 400 Royal Marines from the 11th RM Battalion / MNBDO 1 [more....].
- Captain Caryll Powell D.S.O., 'A' Troop Commander, 41RM Commando, was wounded 6 June 1944 during operations at Normandy [3].
- October 1944 serving at the RM Holding Commando [4].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 36118, page 3499.
[2] Commando: Special Forces in World War II author Kenneth Macksey.
[3] 41RM Commando War Diary (Pegasus Archive website).
[4] Navy Lists October 1944.
Notes
He is listed on the June 1941 Navy Lists as serving with MNBDO1 in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
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