TOOGOOD, David Cyril
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
'Special Boat Section'
Prior Police Service:
Wiltshire County Constabulary
Service:
Army
Born:
Sunday, April 18, 1920
Birthplace:
Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Died :
Monday, June 14, 2010
Place died:
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Age:
90
David Toogood served in No.12 Commando and later 2 SBS HQ. He had volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 whilst serving as a Police Constable at Corsham, Wiltshire. He joined the County Police Force on his 19th birthday and Corsham was his first posting. Post war he re-joined the Wiltshire Constabulary serving until the 1960's attaining the rank of Police Sergeant. Member of the Commando Association residing Chippenham.
Sources
Document titled 'Timeline of the Special Boat Section (Home)' (Linked Content below).
The 1939 Register covering Calne and Chippenham, Wilstshire.
Registers of Births, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, registered 2nd Qr.1920, Vol.2B, page 1298.
Articles in the Bristol Evening Post 17 October 1962 and the Western Daily Press 05 August 1970.
Commando Association newsletter 93 (1991).
Article below in the Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser 25 July 1942.
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