HORAN, John Anthony

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Known as: 
Tony
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7346283
Born: 
Saturday, September 17, 1921
Birthplace: 
Birmingham
Died : 
Monday, May 20, 1974
Age: 
52
John Anthony Horan 6 Commando
Post war member of the Commando Association from Dumbarton, Scotland.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 59 issued Sept. 1974.
[Image] Ernie Horan (son).
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Archive pages : 
No 6 Commando

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Mon, 2024-10-14 16:11

VI Commando were billeted in Dumbarton and used to climb Dumbarton Rock or Brucehill cliff on the banks of the River Clyde each morning for training. Some met women there and when the war ended at least nine came back to Dumbarton and settled there. They were: My father from Birmingham, Sgt Evan William (Taffy) Eyles, Sgt Arthur Arnold, Pte Sidney Gath from Manchester, Pte John Maurice (Jack) Kay from London, Pte Reggie Barrett, Pte Charlie Martin from Southampton or thereabouts, Pte Alex Blasby, Pte Stan Wall from Liverpool."

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