MAUDE, Neil Stanley Eustace
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Rank:
Brigadier
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
'45 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Wednesday, April 21, 1920
Birthplace:
India
Died :
Saturday, May 30, 1987
Place died:
Somerset
Age:
67
Lieutenant Neil Maude joined the Royal Marine Commando*, Royal Marines, on 17 February 1942 from the Holding Battalion at Deal [1].
- 17 December 1943 promoted Acting Major and second in command [2].
- Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in the successful landing operations in Sicily, the Messina Straits, Salerno and Normandy [3].
- 3 June 1944 Brac Island (Operation Flounced) assumed temporary command of 40 RM Commando on the death of Lieutenant Colonel Manners DSO, RM., until the arrival of Lieutenant Colonel Sankey, R.M., on 1 July 1944 [3a].
- 1962 (Lieutenant Colonel) Commanding Officer 45 Commando RM [4].
- 27 July 1969 Brigadier N. S. E. Maude, R.M., appointed an Aide-de-Camp to The Queen [5].
- Member of the Commando Association from Wheathill, Somerset [6].
Sources
[1] The Light Blue Lanyard author Maj.J.C. Beadle, MBE, MC.
[2] London Gazette 36352, page 543.
[2] Navy Lists Bi Monthly June 1944.
[3] London Gazette 36676, page 4010.
[3a] 40RM Commando War Diary June 1944.
[4] The Story of 45 Commando RM author David Young.
[5] London Gazette 44905, page 7769.
[6] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 85 (1987).
Notes
* The RM Commando was re-designated later that year as No.40 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines.
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