GLANCY, Joseph

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Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Scots
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
3055034
Honours & Awards: 
Territorial Efficiency Medal
Born: 
Wednesday, January 23, 1918
Birthplace: 
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joseph Glancy, a Labourer from Edinburgh, volunteered for special service in 1940. Overseas service included Norway (No.1 Independent Company), Italy (No.9 Commando), and post war Germany (No.4 Commando). 
Service timeline
29.01.1936 enlisted Royal Scots 7/9th; 01.09.1939 called to the colours.
02.04.1940 posted No.1 Independent Company.
26.04.1940 deployed to Norway (Scissors Force); returned UK 01.06.1940.
11.11.1940 posted 2nd Special Service Battalion.
04.03.1941 posted No.9 Commando 4 March 1941.
05.03.1941 appointed Lance Corporal.
16.03.1941 attached STC Lochailort for course of instruction.
04.04.1941 admitted Fort William Hospital 4 April 1941.
22.10.1942 appointed Acting Corporal.
28.10.1942 embarked for service overseas.
20.01.1943 granted war substantive rank Corporal.
15.03.1943 returned to UK.
09.09.1943 embarked for overseas service.
04.02.1944 admitted to 147 Field Ambulance.
21.04.1944 discharged from 104 General Hospital and rejoined No.9 Commando.
26.05.1944 admitted No.98 General Hospital.
05.06.1944 rejoined No.9 Commando.
Jan - Feb 1945 admitted to hospital on 2 further occasions; awarded Efficiency Medal (TA).
19.06.1945 embarked for UK and posted Holding Operational Commando.
01.08.1945 embarked for North West Europe B.A.O.R.
24.08.1945 taken on strength No.4 Commando.
14.05.1946 released to Reserve List.
 
Sources
Service Record / Ancestry.
 
Archive pages : 
No 9 Commando
No 1 Independent Company
No 4 Commando

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