SOUTHBY-TAILYOUR, Simon Ewen

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Known as: 
Ewen
Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base: 
'3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
NO11804W
Honours & Awards: 
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Appointed O.B.E. (Military Division) in recognition of service within the operations in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War. Officer Commanding Landing-Craft. Served 32 years in the Royal Marines. Retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Author of 'Reasons in Writing: a Commando's View of the Falklands War'.

Sources
London Gazette 49134, page 12857.
National Archives file WO373/188/412.
The book 'Take That Hill' (Appendix IV),  author Maj.Gen. Nick Vaux, CB, DSO.
 
Additional content: 
Falklands Campaign - Operation Corporate
Archive pages : 
RM Commandos 1946 - present
Falkland Islands

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