Volunteer Reserve Decoration (VRD)

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ELLIS, David

Lieutenant Colonel
RM Reserve
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Volunteer Reserve Decoration (VRD)
1971 Commanding Officer R.M.R. Merseyside at Morpeth Dock Birkenhead. Served in 48RM Commando in WW2.
 
Sources
Commando Assocaition newsletter 52 (March 1971). 
 

GRAY, Harry Richardson

Surgeon Commander
30 Commando Assault Unit
Volunteer Reserve Decoration (VRD)
Mentioned in Despatches
Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Harry Richardson Gray, MB., ChB., RNVR., received a Mention in Despatches for gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy.

THOMPSON, John Edwin

Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel)
138288
No 6 Commando
No 4 Commando
South Wales Borderers
Military Cross (MC)
Volunteer Reserve Decoration (VRD)
Captain John Thompson, No.6 Commando, was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished servce during operations in Normandy on 7 June 1944. He was in command of a force of three Troops that launched an attack against an enemy strongpoint at Amfreville.

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