BROWN, Henry
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Rank:
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
2 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Service Corps
Service:
Army
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Place died:
Ruislip Middlesex
Henry Brown was a Quartermaster RSM in No.1 Commando serving from their formation in 1940 to disbandment at the end of the war. Service included operations in North Africa and later in the Far East. Also served at Bodo, Norway May/June 1940 with No.2 Independent Company HQ.
Post War
1946-1987 General Secretary of the original Commando Association.
1987 appointed MBE (Civil Division) for service to the Commando Association.
1998 elected President of the Commando Association.
31 December 2001 appointed OBE (Civil Division) for services to the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association documents and newsletters.
Images in CVA Gallery.
IWM Interview with Henry Brown ref. IWM catalogue 17686.
OBE - London Gazette 56430, page 9.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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