MINCHIN, Harry Richard
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Born:
Saturday, November 26, 1921
Birthplace:
Bracknell, Berkshire
18.02.1941 - appointed 2nd Lieutenant.
18.08.1941 - appointed Lieutenant
Feb 1942 - Signal Officer 9th Battalion RM.
Apr. 1942 - 103 RM Brigade.
Oct. 1942 - 102 RM Brigade.
Apr. 1943 - 102 RM Brigade.
Aug. 1943 - appointed Acting Temporary Captain and Signal Officer 46RM Commando.
11.06.1944 - 46RM Commando, 'Y' Troop, wounded at Rots, Normandy.
Oct. 1944 - RM Holding Commando.
18.08.1941 - appointed Lieutenant
Feb 1942 - Signal Officer 9th Battalion RM.
Apr. 1942 - 103 RM Brigade.
Oct. 1942 - 102 RM Brigade.
Apr. 1943 - 102 RM Brigade.
Aug. 1943 - appointed Acting Temporary Captain and Signal Officer 46RM Commando.
11.06.1944 - 46RM Commando, 'Y' Troop, wounded at Rots, Normandy.
Oct. 1944 - RM Holding Commando.
Post war married and settled on the Isle of Wight. Farm owner.
Sources
Navy Lists
London Gazette 36272, page 5294.
46RM Commando War Diary.
The Story of 46RM Commando (Capt P.K.W. Johnson RM).
Baptismal records for All saints Church, Binfield.
[Image above] His son Robin Minchin.
[Image below] Article in the Wokingham and Bracknell Times, 27 June 1952, page 2.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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