RUSSELL, Geoffrey Mellanby
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Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant Acting Temporary Captain
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Sunday, December 9, 1923
Died :
Tuesday, July 23, 1996
Age:
72
Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Russell joined 40RM Commando on 23 November 1942. In June 1944 he was a Lieutenant in 'S' Troop operating in raiding parties form Komiza, Vis. Acting Temporary Captain Russell was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Italy 1st April to 8th May 1945 (Operation Roast). Member of the Commando Association from Whyteleafe, Surrey
Sources
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
40RM Cdo War Diary 23/11/1942.
Navy Lists (see Linked Content below].
40RM Commando War Diary June 1944 (Officer Reports).
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj.J.C. Beadle MBE, MC.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 103 (1996).
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