SAWTELL, George Arthur Craven
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Rank:
Acting Temporary Major
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Tuesday, February 22, 1916
Birthplace:
India
Died :
Monday, July 20, 1987
Place died:
Sutton Coldfield
Age:
71
1939 Assistant Master, Bolton Grammar School [1].
18.11.1940 commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant [2].
1944 Brigade Major, 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade [3].
Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service during offensive operations with the Allied Armies Nov.1944 to Jan. 1945 [4].
Sources
[1] The 1939 Register covering Bolton.
[2] London Gazette 35003, p.6810
[3] Navy Lists, October 1944, vol. 2, page 1103.
[4] London Gazette 37180, page 3671.
British India Office Births & Baptisms.(Ahmendagar, Bombay).
Registers of Deaths 1987, Birmingham District, reg.no. 787, vol 32, p175.
Government Probate Death Index. Birmingham Registry, probate date 16/10/1987.
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