ALEXANDER, John Rennie

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Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Corps of Signals
Service: 
Army
Number: 
170659
Honours & Awards: 
Territorial Efficiency Medal
15.02.1941 commissioned Second Lieutenant [1].
06.06.1944 Officer Commanding 1 Special Service Brigade Signal Troop. Landed Queen Red Beach, Normandy [2].
17.06.1944 wounded in the face during operations at Le Plein and evacuated [3].
22.01.1954 awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal [4].
 
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35089, page 1201.
[2] 1 Special Service Bde Signals Troop War Diary June-Sept 1944.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/6.
[4] London Gazette 40079, page 504.
 
Additional content: 
1 Special Service Bde Signals Troop War Diary June-Sept 1944
Archive pages : 
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service / Commando Brigade

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