WILLIAMS, Ernest Peter James
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Rank:
Lieutenant (later Brigadier)
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Number:
85081
Lieutenant Ernest Peter James Williams received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of distinguished service on 4 March 1941 during operations on the Lofoten Islands (Operation Claymore) [1][2].
Post war remained in military service final rank attained Brigadier.
- 15 June 1974 (Brigadier) appointed C.B.E. (Military Division) [3].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35172, page 3003.
[2] Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig John Durnford-Slater.
[3] London Gazette 46310, page 6797.
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