PUGH, Benjamin Gordon, B.
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Rank:
Colonel
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
75575
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Saturday, June 2, 1917
Died :
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Age:
88
Served in No.1 Commando, No.4 Commando, and at the Commando Basic Training Centre [1].
03.11.1950 Major (RWF) awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration [2].
28.08.1959 promoted Lieutenant Colonel, RWF, Welsh Brigade [3].
06.08.1964 promoted Colonel [4].
02.06.1972 retired from military service [5].
36.06.2001 elected President of the Commando Association [1].
Sources
[1] Commando Association newsletter 113 (2001).
[2] London Gazette 39058, page 5485.
[3] London Gazette 41905, page 8225.
[4] London Gazette 43509, page 10435.
[5] London Gazette 45694, page 6809.
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index. probate date 20/7/1946, Probate Registry Winchester.
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