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Parker, Bryan	06.05.1923 Shardlow district, Derbyshire / Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire -	Mne. 09.04.1942 [PO/X 112317] T/2nd Lt. 21.08.1942 [PO 2138] T/Lt. 21.02.1943 (reld 17.06.1949; medical unfitness) A/T/Capt. 28.05.1944-11.11.1944 39|45 St ? ? It St ? ? Fr&G St ? ? BWM 39|45 ? ?	09.04.1942 conscripted, Portsmouth Division RM 21.08.1942 commissioned, Portsmouth Division RM [temporary commission] 10.10.1942 Platoon Commander, B Company, 3rd RM Battalion (101st RM Brigade) 16.07.1943 RM Training Group, Dalditch 15.11.1943 landing craft training: HMS Eastney, Northney, Helder and James Cook 19.01.1944 - 10.11.1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty): 28.05.1944 Flotilla Officer, 450 Ancillary Flotilla at HMS Appledore 10.08.1944 Flotilla Officer, 600 Flotilla 21.08.1944 Flotilla Officer, 601 Flotilla 25.09.1944 volunteered for Commando training; completed with "Superior" result 11.11.1944 Section Commander, Y Troop, 40 RM Commando (Corfu) [took part in Operation ROAST (1/2 Apr 1945) and Operation IMPACT (11/12 Apr 1945); during the latter, took command of Tp when 2 other officers injured by mines and completed the task] 25.06.1945 returned to UK with 40 RM Commando [taken into Basingstoke hospital with hepatitis, later diagnosed with tuberculosis which resulted in damage to right knee, and left him with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life] (07.1945) 2nd Commando Brigade [?; indexed as such, but formation not listed] (04.1946) 3rd Commando Brigade (07.1948) - (05.1949) Chatham Division, RM
Pritchard-Gordon, William Herbert Alexander "Bill"	21.08.1922 - 11.1987 Haywards Heath, West Sussex	T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942 A/T/Lt. 17.08.1942 T/Lt. 15.11.1942 A/T/Capt. 13.12.1943 T/Capt. 06.07.1945 A/T/Maj. 06.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1942) - (06.)1944 Portsmouth Division RM 1944 - (07.1945) Officer Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Defence Unit (codenamed "Earthworm") (Mediterranean) (04.1946) no appointment listed 1946 - 1946 Officer Commanding, Patrol Detachment, School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat Section (Fremington)

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