LOGAN, Thomas Alex
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Known as:
Alex, Alec, or Sandy
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Yes
Service:
Army
Number:
14317297
Policeman from Largs, Scotland, who volunteered for the Commandos being part of a Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Post war member of the Commando and Burma Star Associations [1][2][3][4][5].
1954 represented the British Police in the Shot Putt at the European Police Championships in Stockholm, and was one of the Scots at an international invitation scratch track and field event that year at the Highland Games, Murrayfield [2][2a][2b].
1957 member of the Renfrew and Bute Police [6].
1973 Police Force Training Officer at Aberdeen, Hong Kong [3].
1983 returned to UK residing Ramsgate, Kent [4].
His son Don joined the Hong Kong Police in 1975 attaining Superintendent rank [more....].
Sources
[1] Burma Star Association Membership Lists.
[2] Commando Association newsletter 20 (1955).
[2a] Report on the Edinburgh Highland Games at Murrayfield in the Edinburgh Evening News 14 August 1954.
[2b] The Scots Athlete magazine July 1954 volume 9 Nos 1 and 2, pages 8, 9, and 11.
[3] Commando Association newsletter 56 (1973).
[4] Commando Association newsletter 77 (1983).
[5] The Jungle Book of the 3rd SS Brigade, No.3, June 1944, page 26.
[6] Tony Moore, FRHistS. and Police Historian.
[6] Tony Moore, FRHistS. and Police Historian.
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