PHILLIPS, Hedley Joyce
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
44RM Commando
Prior Police Service:
Berkshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Died :
August, 2011
1941 left school and became a Police Cadet, Berkshire Constabulary [1].
24 March 1944 appointed Temporary Second Lieutenant, Royal Marines [2].
June 1944 Second Lieutenant, 48 RM Commando 'X' Troop at Normandy [3][3a][IWM].
1945, Lieutenant, 48RM Commando 'Y' troop Operation Bograt [3a].
1945 December, Captain, 44 RM Commando, South East Asia [4].
1946-1964 Police Officer in Berkshire Constabulary [5].
1964 Police Officer in Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary [5].
1972 Deputy Chief Constable, Hampshire Constabulary, awarded the Queen's Police Medal [6].
1980 awarded the O.B.E. (Civil Division) [7].
1983 retired as the Deputy Chief Constable [5].
13 January 1987 appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire [8].
Awarded Knight of the French Legion of Honour when aged 80 [5].
2002 elected Royal Marines representative on the General Committee of the Commando Association [9].
Sources
[1] Tony Moore, FRHistS. and Police Historian.
[2] London Gazette 36470, page 1726.
[3] Navy Lists Quarterly Oct.'44 and Apr'45.
[3a] D Day Commando, author Ken Ford, pp.115, 116, 126.184,185.
[4] 44RM Commando Achnacarry to the Arakan, authort Tony Mackenzie, p.164.
[5] Hampshire Constabulary magazine 'Frontline', January 2007 edition.
[6] London Gazette 45554, p.28
[7] London Gazette 48212, p.B12.
[8] London Gazette 50801, p.505.
[9] Commando Association newsletters 114 (2002), 115 (2002).
[IWM interview] https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80018535
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