DAY, John Eddy

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Rank: 
Lieutenant (Acting Captain)
Unit / Base: 
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: 
Mentioned in Despatches
Croix de Guerre (France)
Captain John Day 45RM Commando
Captain John Eddy Day received a Mention in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe.
  • 1946/47 Commando Training Team attached French Commando School in Algiers*.
  • 1948 awarded the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star by the French Government *.
Sources
London Gazette 37464, page 910.
[Image] Captain Day wrote the excellent book 'A Plain Russett - Coated Captain". 
* Award Recommendations French to British / National Archives file WO373/186/87.
 
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