<![CDATA[Captain (Revd.) John Birkbeck, No. 9 Commando Padre]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/9/Rev+John+Birbeck.jpg.html Service no. 266374. (C. of S.).
2nd Mar. 1943 granted Emergency Commission as Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.
[Commission source: London Gazette 35980, page 1737.]

There is another photo of Revd. Birkbeck in our gallery here [view photo].

There is reference in the newspaper article to an award of the MC although to date no National Archives or London Gazette entry has been found for this. [see comments]. Please contact us if you have such information.

Article Published: Friday 28 January 1955
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
Image © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd.
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