GALL, Victor, G.
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Rank:
Corporal (later Warrant Officer)
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
8 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Number:
2040474
Honours & Awards:
Victor Gall from Edinburgh enlisted into the Royal Engineers in 1937. Evacuated from Dunkirk. Volunteered for the commandos. Served in No.3 Commando, No.8 Commando, and Layforce in the Middle East until disbanded. Posted to the Far East likely with a Special Service Detachment of British Military Mission 204. Transferred to Intelligence Corps 6 October 1944. Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Burma. Post war member of the Commando Association from Roy Bridge, Scotland
Sources
RE Tracer Card.
London Gazette 37730, page 4706 (dated 19 September 1946).
Additions to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 96 (1993).
[Image] Edinburgh Evening news 6 Jan.1943 p3.
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