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Captain (later Major)
101039
No 7 Commando
'Layforce'
Royal Tank Regiment
Mentioned in Despatches
Territorial Efficiency Medal
Mentioned in Despatches - Captain Colbeck was captured on 20 April 1941 at Bardia, North Africa, and subsequently imprisoned in various camps in Italy and Germany. He made numerous attempts to escape but only succeeded in leaving the camp on one occasion.
MAXWELL, Kenneth Horton
Lieutenant
87670
No 7 Commando
'Layforce'
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Kenneth Horton Maxwell, a Merchant from Oxton in Birkenhead, Cheshire, enlisted into the Armed Forces August 1939. He volunteered for commando service and was attached to No.7 Commando embarking with them for the Middle East, his Commando forming 'A' Battalion of Layforce.
MCGIBBON, Robert Lorne
Lieutenant (later Captain)
85719
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
1939-1940 served in Palestine before joining No.50 Middle East Commando [1][1a].
28.03.1941 Lieutenant, 'B' Company, 'D' Bn., Layforce at Geneifa [2].
SAVAGE, Alistair Carpendale McEwan
Captain (later Major)
63567
No 7 Commando
Queen's Royal Regiment
Mentioned in Despatches
Alistair Carpendale McEwan Savage enlisted in August 1934. Volunteered for the commandos in 1940 joining No.7 Commando. Departed for the Middle East with No.7 Commando forming 'A' Bn., Layforce.
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