LUNT, Ronald Geoffrey
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Title:
Reverend
Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Chaplains Department
Service:
Army
Number:
144434
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Wednesday, June 25, 1913
Birthplace:
Wimbledon
Died :
Thursday, May 19, 1994
Age:
80
August 1940 appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1].
April 1941 serving in the Middle East with No.7 Commando (Layforce) [2].
27 May to 13 June 1942 Chaplain, Coldstream Guards. Awarded Military Cross during the defence of the 'Knightsbridge Box' in the Western Desert (Battle of Gazala) [3][3a].
1943 Special Service Brigade Chaplain [4].
May 1945 Chaplain 1st Airborne Division liberation of Norway [5].
1945-1952 headmaster of Liverpool College [5][6].
1952-1974 Chief Master of King Edward's School Birmingham [6].
1945-1952 headmaster of Liverpool College [5][6].
1952-1974 Chief Master of King Edward's School Birmingham [6].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 34931, page 5209.
[2] No.7 Cdo War Diary 1941, April, File ref WO 218/168.
[3] London Gazette 35908, page 863.
[3a] Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/23/49.
[4] No.3 Cdo., War Diary 29/8/1943 Sicily.
[5] Report in the Liverpool Echo newspaper 9 July 1945.
[5] Report in the Liverpool Echo newspaper 9 July 1945.
[6] National Portrait Gallery collection ref NPG x90382.
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