ROBERTS, Arthur Graham Lines
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Known as:
Graham
Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
111568
Born:
Wednesday, July 19, 1916
Died:
1985
Place died:
Bromley, Kent
18 January 1940 commissioned Second Lieutenant [1].
Served in No.1 Commando and was the Administration Officer of No.10 (IA) Commando [5][6].
1947 (Temporary Captain) awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Orange Nassau with Swords conferred by her Majesty Queen of the Netherlands [2].
1947 (Temporary Captain) awarded the Belgian Military Cross Class 11 conferred by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Belgium [3].
His twin brother, 39883 Flying Officer Raymond Bryce Lines Roberts, R.A.F., was killed in action in France on 13 May 1940 aged 23 [4][4a].
Post war member of the Commando Association from Bromley, Kent [5].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 34789, page 844 (1940).
[2] London Gazette 37909, page 1315 (1947).
[3] London Gazette 37961, page 2289 (1947).
[4] Report in the Bromley & West Kent Mercury 17 May 1940.
[4a] CWGC.
[5] Commando Association newsletters 50 (1970) and 76 (1983).
[6] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 82 (1986).
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