WEATHERALL, Stamford
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Known as:
Stam
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
'Special Boat Section'
Regiment/Corps:
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
4611219
Honours & Awards:
Service
July 1940 No.6 Commando.
July 1940 No.6 Commando.
April 1941 Lance Sergeant, No.6 Commando 101 Troop.
11 March 1942 No.2 Special Boat Section.
1 - 8 November 1942, Operation Torch - took part in the marking and guidance of American forces to the Algerian beaches.
20 November -10 December 1942 - demolition of a rail track and of electric cables, west of Savona, Italia.
3 - 4 August 1943, Operation Forfar Love - reconnaissance of the east pier of Dunkirk harbour.
1 - 8 November 1942, Operation Torch - took part in the marking and guidance of American forces to the Algerian beaches.
20 November -10 December 1942 - demolition of a rail track and of electric cables, west of Savona, Italia.
3 - 4 August 1943, Operation Forfar Love - reconnaissance of the east pier of Dunkirk harbour.
February 1944, Operational Company Sergeant Major No.2 SBS.
May 1944, No.2 SBS divided into 3 Groups and sent to Ceylon - he is attached to “C” Group.
May 1944, No.2 SBS divided into 3 Groups and sent to Ceylon - he is attached to “C” Group.
20 December 1944 , “C” Group deployed to the Arakan coast, south-west of Burma, for reconnaissance operations.
Sources
2 SBS Memorandum (Linked Content below).
The book S.B.S. In World War 2 author G.B. Courtney.
MiD - London Gazette 36083, page 3092.
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