IRONSIDE, William
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Known as:
Jock
Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
865186
Gunner William Ironside was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1937.
Volunteered in WW2 for the Commandos and was attached to No.4 Commando.
7 June 1944 wounded during operations at Normandy, France.
6 March 1946 transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Transvaal, South Africa.
Sources
RA Attestation Registers for 1937.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/76.
Gallery Lists of those in No.4 Cdo '1' troop, and 'C' troop.
Commando Association newsletters 40 (1965), 54 (1972), 64 (1977), and obituary in 65 (1977).
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