DEIGHAN, Bernard John

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Known as: 
Paddy
Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4751121
Bernard 'Paddy' Deighan 2 Commando
1942/43 Private, 5 troop, ‘A’ Section, No.1 Sub Section, No.3 on the Bren gun; billeted 61 Mill Street, Ayr; next of kin brother (Dublin); civil occupation Hotel Porter. 
1945 Sergeant, No.2 Commando.
Post war member of the Commando Association.
Emigrated to Australia, married Eileen,  2 children, Catherine and Peter. 
 
Sources
Notebook of Lance Sergeant Joe Rogers MM, 5 Troop No.2 Commando.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 45 (1967).
[Image and family detail] Neil Deighan, nephew.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Archive pages : 
No 2 Commando

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