SCANLON, George

Rank: 
Corporal (Acting Sergeant)
Unit / Base: 
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7386392
Honours & Awards: 
Died: 
1969

Sergeant George Scanlon, RAMC attached to No.4 Commando, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe. Post war George Scanlon, a resident of Troon, was an active member of the Troon and District Branch (later the Central Ayrshire Branch) of the Commando Association being their Honorary Secretary in 1951.

Sources
London Gazette 36961, page 1184.
National Archives file WO373/52/482.
Commando Association newsletters 13, 15, and 50.
Dieppe partial nominal roll in Archive.
 

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