THOMPSON, John Edwin
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Rank:
Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel)
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
4 Commando
'Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve'
Regiment/Corps:
South Wales Borderers
Service:
Army
Number:
138288
Honours & Awards:
Captain John Thompson, No.6 Commando, was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished servce during operations in Normandy on 7 June 1944. He was in command of a force of three Troops that launched an attack against an enemy strongpoint at Amfreville. He also served in No.4 Commando.
- 1 August 1950 relinquishes commission on appointment to commission in the R.M.F.V.R.
- 1956 appointed Headmaster of Keswick School.
Sources
MC - London Gazette 36679, page 4046.
MC - National Archives file WO373/48/158.
RMFVR - London Gazette 39016, page 4629.
Commando Association newsletters 23 (1956), 77 (1983), and Obituaries in newsletter 99 (1994).
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