HODGES, M.W.
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Rank:
Sub-Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
'Royal Naval Beach Commandos'
Service:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Sub-Lieutenant Hodges served at some stage with 'W' Commando (Canadian). See Linked Content below.
Victualling Record entries
10.03.1942 volunteered aged 19 and assigned to HMS Collingwood as an Ordinary Seaman, with official number: JX327192.
28.12.1942 - 04.02.1943 posted Special Training Centre (STC) Lochailort.
July 1943 promoted Able Seaman (HMS Copra).
17.02.1944 - 08.04.1944 posted STC Lochailort, Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant.
09/04/44 - 05/05/44 HMS Dinosaur.
06/05/44 - 07/05/44 HMS St. Barbara.
08.05.1944 posted HMS Armadillo, a Combined Operations Camp at Loch Long, Glenfinart used as a training and administrative base by the Royal Naval Beach Commandos.
Subsequently served HMS Westcliff (Landing craft base and holding base for Combined Operations personnel).
07.11.1945 released to shore.
Sources
National Archives file DEFE/2/987 [view....].
His son Tim Hodges.
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