JOHNSON, Thomas Edwin
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Rank:
Colour Sergeant
Unit / Base:
'3 Cdo Bde, RM' / UK Commando Force
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
RM 18701
Born:
Saturday, January 27, 1940
Died:
2004
Thomas Edwin Johnson enlisted into the Royal Marines on the 2nd June 1959. He served as a Weapons Instructor at the Infantry Training Centre RM, and with 40 Commando RM. Service deployments included Singapore and Borneo in the 1960's and later Northern Ireland.
Timeline extracts
Jan. 1964 to Jan. 1965, Corporal, I.T.C.R.M., Platoon Weapons Instructor Class 2 (PW2).
1965 to 1968 - Corporal, 3 Commando Brigade RM, belvd. 40 Commando RM, 7 Section 3 Troop, deployed overseas service Singapore and Borneo.
Aug.1973 to July 1975 - Sergeant (PW2), 40 Commando RM; Training Senior NCO.
July 1975 to June 1976 - Sergeant (PW2), RMR Scotland, Permanent Staff Instructor (PSI).
Sep.1976 to Dec.1980 - Colour Sergeant (PW2), Instructor in Security Training, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Sources
Photos and RM Company Record Book with other documents provided by his daughter Tracy Coutts.
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