RICHARDSON, John Hector

Known as: 
Jack
Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
PO/X101754
Born: 
Friday, October 22, 1915
Birthplace: 
Little Addington, Northamptonshire
Died : 
Monday, June 16, 1997
Place died or last resided: 
Little Addington, Northamptonshire
Age: 
81
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Enlisted Royal Marines 20 November 1940, trade on enlistment Side Stapler (Boot and Shoe). Joined 43RM Commando 'B' Troop after its formation July/August 1943. Active service included Italy and the Dalmatian Islands of the former Yugoslavia. Marine Officers Attendant (MOA) to Lieutenant J.R. Odendaal. Married Gladys Mary Rennie at Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, 2 August 1945. Member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 106 (1998).
Front page of Service Record
[Images] His nephew Derek Mutch.
 
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