MORSS, Donald James Robert
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Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Unit / Base:
'RM Engineer Commando'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X.1808
Honours & Awards:
21.04.1944 posted from Combined Operations Experimental Establishment (C.O.X.E.), Appledore, to Force 'S'.
06.08.1944 in command of LCOCU Team No.8 disembarked Normandy H +20.
26.08.1944 to Parachute Training School, Ringway. Passed having completed 8 descents.
Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service during offensive operations with the Allied Armies between November 1944 and January 1945 whilst attached to the Landing Craft Obstruction Clearance Unit (LCOCU).
Sources
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary entries for 21 April 1944; 6 June 1944; 26 Aug.1944; and 9 Sept.1944
RM Engineer Commando War Diary DEF 2/49.
London Gazette 36794, page 5218.
Mine Warfare and Clearance Divers Association website.
London Gazette 36794, page 5218.
Mine Warfare and Clearance Divers Association website.
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