NICHOLL, Hugh Rowley Mount
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Rank:
Commander
Unit / Base:
'Royal Naval Beach Commandos'
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
18 October 1899
Died:
1977
Age:
77
Commander Hugh Nicholl served with 'G' Beach Commando [1][6][7].
- 20 January 1941 (Acting Commander) appointed Distinguished Service Order for coolness, skill and devotion to duty while serving in the Mediterranean [2].
- June 1942 (Acting Commander) Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East [3].
- November 1942 (Acting Commander) Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East [4].
- 1943 Italy, Commanding Officer 'G' Beach Commando [6].
- July 1945 (Commander) awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for courage, tenacity and devotion to duty whilst serving in operations lasting four months, frequently performed under rapidly changing conditions and with difficult lines of communication, on the Arakan Coast [5].
Sources
[1] National Archives file DEFE2/987.
[2] London Gazette 35424, page 339.
[3] London Gazette 35613, page 2867.
[4] London Gazette 35788, page 4992.
[5] London Gazette 37170, page 3558.
[6] IWM interview ref. 17436 (reel 2) with Midshipman Norman Draper, G1 Beach Commando.
[7] Beachhead Assault, author David Lee.
Early RN service record pre WW2 - National Archives file ADM 196/148/196.
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007.
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