BATES, Philip Edward
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Rank:
Captain (later Major)
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
'Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Born:
Sunday, July 19, 1925
Died :
Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Age:
74
Educated Shrewsbury School. Served in the Royal Marines 1943-1949 including Captain, HQ 3 Commando Brigade. 26 May 1949 commission terminated on appointment to the Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve (R.M.F.V.R.). 1958 Major commanding R.M.F.V.R. Merseyside. Member of the Commando Association last known residing Lymington, Hants.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter111 (2000).
London Gazette 38635, page 2852 (1949).
Report in the Liverpool Echo 1 January 1958.
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