BRIDGER, Leonard William
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Known as:
Len
Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
14.05.1942 commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant RM [1].
15.11.1942, promoted Temporary Lieutenant RM [2].
6 June 1944, 1 Special Service Brigade Signal Troop, landed with the main body of the troop at Normandy [3].
31 August 1944 at St Maclou Lt Bridger took over command of No.3 Commando Signal Troop from Lieutenant Skelly [3].
Post war member of the Commando Association. Also served 45RM Commando [4].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35584, page 2435.
[2] Navy Lists (Quarterly), April 1945, Vol.2.
[3] 1 Special Service Bde Signals Troop War Diary June-Sept 1944 below.
[4] Commando Association newsletters 46 (1968), 51 (1970), 83 (1983), and 86 (1986).
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