Telegram to family reporting Marine Waygood 47RM Cdo., killed
Date: 01/06/2020
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Owner: Pete Rogers (Admin)
Arnold Wheeldon
Arnold enlisted as a guardsman with the Coldstream Guards, and then volunteered for the Commandos. Arnold was a Lance Corporal in 6 Troop and later the HQ of No 6 Commando. He was in the first wave of Commandos on D Day. Subsequently he left the Commando and was sent to OCTU and commissioned as an Officer.
[Photo courtesy of his son John Wheeldon. Posted by Pete R.]
