SWINSON, Stanley
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
4038517
Born:
Monday, December 22, 1913
Birthplace:
Stoke on Trent
Died:
1977
Place died:
Stoke on Trent
Lance Corporal Stanley Swinson served in the Commandos from December 1940 until January 1946 taking part in many of the No.4 Commando operations including at Dieppe, the advance across North West Europe and Walcheren, Holland.
- 21st Army Group commendation for outstanding good service and great devotion to duty during the campaign in North West Europe.
- Post war member of the Commando Association from Cobridge, Stoke on Trent.
Sources
Commando Service Certificate and commendation in Gallery.
Partial nominal roll for Dieppe.
Nominal Roll for 1 Troop taken after Walcheren in Gallery.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 66 (1978).
[Image] Mike Swinson, grandson.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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