Royal Marine Commandos attached to 3rd Division move inland from Sword Beach on the Normandy coast, 6 June 1944. It was “tough going through the minefields but they got there”. “And were the paratroops glad to see us!” remarked Lt. Thomas, who further remarked that for the next few ...
05.10.1938 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Sussex Division RNVR) (04.1940) no appointment listed 11.12.1940 - (07.)1945 Flag Lieutenant to the Board of Admiralty [HMS President] Mid-Sussex Boy Scouts Association, 1923-1943 (Medal of Merit, 1952); Chairman, Hayward...