JONES, Peter Henry
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Rank:
Corporal (Acting Temporary Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
'RM Engineer Commando'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X101924
Honours & Awards:
Sergeant Peter Henry Jones was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy. He was from Bournemouth and serving as a frogman attached to the Landing Craft Obstruction Clearance Unit (LCOCU) engaged in clearing the under water approaches to the beaches.
Sources
London Gazette 36794, page 5218.
Mine Warfare and Clearance Divers Association website.
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