SANDERS, Donald Harold William

Known as: 
Skinner
Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
June 1944 (Major) Second in Command of 48RM Commando at Normandy and in November at Walcheren. Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe. 17 September 1945 (Lieutenant Colonel) joined and assumed command of 41RM Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Sussex.
1 January 1955 (Lieutenant Colonel) appointed O.B.E. (Military Division).
 
Sources
Navy Lists (Linked Content below).
MiD - London Gazette 37464, page 910.
41RM Commando War Diary entry for 17 September 1945.
OBE - London Gazette 40366, page 6.
Additions to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 91 (1991).
 

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