REEVES, Albert Sidney
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Rank:
Signalman (later Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Signals
Service:
Army
Service Number:
2582643
Service Record:
WO422 / Apv000685345
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Thursday, February 3, 1921
26.04.1939 attested and posted 54th Divn. Signals TA.
11.11.1939 posted 18 Divn. Signals.
23.04.1940 No.8 Independent Company. Posted N.W.E.F.
10.06.1940 evacuated from N.W.E.F.
18.11.1940 No.1 Special Service Batallion, 'A' Company.
04.03.1941 posted No.1 Commando.
06.03.1941 posted No.2 Commando.
30.12.1942 struck off strength No.2 Commando and returned to unit (service record has more).
30.12.1942 posted 4 Trades Training Bn.
25.10.1943 embarked for service in India.
28.11.1943 disembarked Bombay. Special Training Centre (STS) B.
22.12.1943 Special Force Training Signals.
30.12.1943 Special Force Signals.
01.02.1944 redesignated 3rd Indian Div. Signals (IDS).
12.03.1944 granted war substantive rank Corporal.
28.07.1944 Special Force Training Signals.
26.04.1945 Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in Burma.
18.05.1945 Eastern Warfare School, India.
24.05.1945 Force 136.
08.08.1945 x(II) list.
30.09.1945 granted war substantive rank Sergeant.
23.10.1945 Force 136.
03.05.1946 disembarked UK.
30.07.1946 released to Class Z (T) TA Reserve.
12.07.1952 joined 21 SAS Regiment Signal Squadron Troop, T.A.
10.02.1954 discharged on completion of engagement.
Sources
Service Record / Ancestry.
London Gazette 37051, page 2213 of 26 April 1945.
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