KIRBY, R.H.W.
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Known as:
Bunny
Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Holding Operational Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
1st October 1939 promoted Captain, Royal Marines.
October 1944 Captain (Acting Major), Second in Command, Holding Operational Commando.
27/28 January 1945 wounded at Osen (Bell Isle) and prisoner of war.
Sources
London Gazette 34718, page 7178.
National Archives file ADM 358/2685.
Capt. John Day RM (retd), 'A Plain Russet-Coated Captain', pp.69-70,111.
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