COADE, Charles Courtenay
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South Staffordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
117368
Temporary Major Charles Courtenay Coade, Second in Command, was wounded when hit by a stick grenade during operations on DDay at Normandy. He returned on 8 August 1944, was promoted Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer. He remained as such until January 1945 when Lt. Col. Tony Lewis DSO assumed command.
Sources
No.6 Commando War Diary June -August 1944 / Pegasus Archive.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/6.
Clash By Night, author Derek Mills-Roberts.
The Green Beret, author Hilary St. George Saunders.
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