RUSSELL, Geoffrey Mellanby
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Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant Acting Temporary Captain
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Sunday, December 9, 1923
Died :
Tuesday, July 23, 1996
Age:
72
Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Russell joined 40RM Commando on 23 November 1942. Acting Temporary Captain Russell was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Italy 1st April to 8th May 1945. Member of the Commando Association from Whyteleafe, Surrey
Sources
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
40RM Cdo War Diary 23/11/1942.
Navy Lists (see Linked Content below].
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj.J.C. Beadle MBE, MC.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 103 (1996).
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