MATTHEWS, Robert Geoffrey
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X2326
Honours & Awards:
Post war Constable, Metropolitan Police, 'A' Division. On duty outside 10 Downing Street for 16 years of his 25 year service. Awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) 27 May 1976. Retired from the Police 1977. Resided Mitcham. Member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association newsletters 63 (1976) and Obituaries in newsletter 72 (1981).
London Gazette 46916, page 7825.
Report on retirement in the Sunday Post 15 May 1977 page 3.
[Image] Cropped from newsreel footage.
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