TREACHER, Edward Charles
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Known as:
Tommy
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X111881
Born:
Tuesday, October 31, 1922
Birthplace:
Shoreditch, London
Died :
Monday, May 16, 2011
Place died:
Colchester General Hospital
Service History
314 Training Squad at Lympstone.
5th Bn., Royal Marines in the UK.
July 1943 5th Bn., disbanded, re-designated 45RM Commando.
November 1943 course at Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
1944 attended No.11 Snipers Course at Gosport.
6 June 1944, 'B' Troop, embarked Landing Craft 518 at Warsash for Normandy.
1945, Wesel, seriously wounded. To 6th Gen Hospital Belgium. Evacuated to hospital in the UK.
Sources
IWM Oral Interview / IWM Catalogue 20609 [listen....].
[Image] Cropped from image in Gallery Normandy Events album.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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