NEALE, Peter Walter James
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Rank:
Captain (Acting Temporary Lieutenant Colonel)
Unit / Base:
'RM Engineer Commando'
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
1917
Birthplace:
Stratford upon Avon
Captain (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Peter Neale RM, 1st RM Engineer Commando attached to 1 Commando Brigade [1][3], was awarded the Military Cross for bravery and great devotion to duty whilst operating with the allied army in North West Europe [2].
- February 1944 A/Captain Neale, 2nd in command of 1st RM Engineer Commando [3].
- 8 March 1944 to 4 Special Service Brigade as Staff Officer Royal Engineers [4].
Sources
[1] Commando Association newsletter107 (obituaries).
[2] London Gazette 37137, page 3090.
[3] Naval Lists Bi Monthly February 1944 https://digital.nls.uk/93260210.
[4] RM Engineer Commando War Diary March 1944, ref DEF 2/49.
[Image] © IWM BU 7074.
Notes
Article in the BBC online [view...].
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