MORLAND, Peter Douglas

Rank: 
Company Sergeant Major
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
South Lancashire Regt (Prince of Wales Volunteers)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3655808
Born: 
1919
Birthplace: 
Birkenhead, Cheshire
Died : 
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Place died: 
Liverpool
Peter Morland 2 Commando
Company Sergeant Major Peter Morland was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry at Spilje Bay, Albania, on 28/29 July 1944 during Operation Healing 11. The citation for his award is in our report on the Operation below. Former assistant sales manager from Wallasey. 
On 13 September 1941 he was a member of the No.2 Commando Detachment to Gibraltar, and then Freetown via Ghana and Lagos, rejoining the main body of the commando seven months later. 
Served with No.2 Commando in Norway, Scaletta, Salerno, and raids on the Dalmatian islands, remaining with them until the end of the war.
 
Sources
London Gazette 36730, page 4569.
Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/46/214
Linked Content below.
[Image]  Stephen McAllister, son of TSM Ken McAllister No.2 Cdo.
 

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