COLEMAN, Charles Jack
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Rank:
Lieutenant (later Major)
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
105582
Charles Jack Coleman served in No. 1 Commando and 1 Commando Brigade*.
- 19 November 1939 commissioned Second Lieutenant, Welch Regiment [1].
- 25 August 1947 (Welch Regiment) (2nd Lt. ) (War Subs. Lt.) promoted Captain, Royal Scots Fusiliers [2].
- 1 April 1952 (Royal Scots Fusiliers) awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration [3].
- 1 May 1952 promoted Acting Major [4].
- 31 October 1954 (Major) (Royal Scots Fusiliers) to King's Regiment [5].
- 1969 appointed O.B.E. (Civil Divsion) for services to Export [6].
*The death of Major Charles Jack Coleman, OBE., TD. ( 1 Cdo & 1st Cdo Bde) of Southport, Lancs., was announced in Commando Association newsletter 66 issued March 1978.
Sources
[1] London Gazette 34739, page 7869.
[2] London Gazette 38114, page 5190.
[3] London Gazette 39503, page 1815.
[4] London Gazette 39583, page 3513.
[5] London Gazette 40341, page 6842.
[6] London Gazette 44863, page 5970.
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