PONSFORD, Keith Douglas
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
264228
Captain Keith Ponsford was commissioned 20 February 1943 [1]. He became the Officer Commanding 3 Troop during operations at Amfreville, Normandy [2]. Post war member of the Commando Association residing in Australia [3].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35984, page 1810.
[2] No 3 Commando War Diary Appendix 'A' No.2.
[3] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued Sept. 2004.
[Image] Cropped from a photo of No.3 Commando Officers in the gallery taken before D Day when his rank was Lieutenant.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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