RONALD, Alexander Scott
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Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
68201
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Sunday, November 8, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
33
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Operations:
Major Alexander Ronald, Second in Command of No.6 Commando, died during operations in North Africa. Son of Ronald Dewar Ronald and Lillian Bowie Ronald; husband of Elizabeth Carlisle Ronald, of Wheatley, Oxfordshire. B.A. (Oxon.) [1].
March 1941 - Captain, No.3 Commando, Mentioned in Despatches, Lofoten Islands [2][2a][3].
March 1941 - Captain, No.3 Commando, Mentioned in Despatches, Lofoten Islands [2][2a][3].
December 1941 - Captain, 5 Troop No.3 Commando [3].
Resided before the war at Waterton House, Ampney Crucis, near Cirencester, and employed at the Stock Exchange [4]
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] London Gazette 35172, page 3003.
[2a] Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig. J. Durnford-Slater.
[3] Photo of No.3 Cdo. 5 Troop in gallery.
[4] Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 08 May 1943.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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