WHITFIELD, Guy Faulkener
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Shropshire LI and Reconnaissance Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
143475
Honours & Awards:
17.08.1940 commissioned into the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1].
10.02.1942 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps [2].
28.08.1942 attached to No 2 Commando [3].
18.11.1943 Molfetta, Italy, appointed No.2 Commando M.T.O. [3a].
Awarded the Military Cross whilst T/Captain of 5 troop No 2 Commando for gallant and distinguished service in Italy [4].
Member of the Commando Association from Criccieth, Wales.
Sources
[1] London Gazette 34928, page 5145
[2] London Gazette 35767, page 4749.
[3] Field Return of Officers in No.2 Cdo.War Diary 20/11/43.
[3a] CVA Gallery photo of 2 Cdo officers Jan. 1943.
[3a] No.2 Commando War Diary entry 18/11/43.
[4] London Gazette 37162, page 3494.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 101 (1995).
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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