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[Photo and copy of Service Record provided by Ruth O'Neale, granddaughter].

Known as: Raymond John Martin
Rank: Private
Unit / Base: Holding Operational Commando
Number: 5670951
Military service November 1934 to 1946.
Overseas service in India January 1936 to May 1944 with the Provost staff of the 1st Somerst Light Infantry, the Indian Division Provost Unit and the Corps of Military Police.
31 May 1944 posted 16 Infantry Training Centre (UK).
27 July 1944 to 13 July 1945 permanently attached to the Holding Operational Commando at Wrexham.
14 July 1945 permanently attached 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Battalion before release to Army Reserve.
Military conduct recorded as exemplary.
Post war employed as a Prison Officer and later a Postman.
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[Photo courtesy of his grandson Mark].

EX.1168 Mne. Leonard Cubitt (3rd row in the middle) served in the Royal Marine Commandos from August 1943 until 14 December 1945. The precise commando unit is not known but he did serve in Burma during that period which was the theatre of operations of 3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. In December 1945 he was based at the Holding Operational Commando.

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[Photo courtesy of his grandson Mark].

EX.1168 Mne. Leonard Cubitt served in the Royal Marine Commandos from August 1943 until 14 December 1945. The precise commando unit is not known but he did serve in Burma during that period which was the theatre of operations of 3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.
In December 1945 he was based at the Holding Operational Commando.

Leonard Cubitt
b. 30.07.1919 Hargrave, Suffolk
d. 13.09.1972 Colchester, Essex.
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[Photo courtesy of his grandson Mark].

EX.1168 Mne. Leonard Cubitt served in the Royal Marine Commandos from August 1943 until 14 December 1945. The precise commando unit is not known but he did serve in Burma during that period which was the theatre of operations of 3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. In December 1945 he was based at the Holding Operational Commando.

Leonard Cubitt
b. 30.07.1919 Hargrave, Suffolk
d. 13.09.1972 Colchester, Essex.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Richard].

View entry in Archive: Sgt. Thomas Daly No.12 Commando and HOC.
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[Photo from the collection of Leslie Fosberry (2nd row, 9th from the left) who served in both No.4 and No.3 Commandos, courtesy of his son Kelvin].

Lt. Col. Iain F. Macalpine (OC) Row 1 seated centre 9th from left.
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[Photo courtesy of his daughter in law Julia Owen].

14881892 Rifleman Donald Owen, Royal Ulster Rifles attached to Commandos from January 1945 to November 1945, precise unit not known.
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[Photo courtesy of his daughter in law Julia Owen].
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[Photo courtesy of his daughter in law Julia Owen].
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[Photo courtesy of his daughter and son in law Kandy and Brian Smith].

Pte. David Wilson Fletcher, born 22 July 1926, volunteered for the Commandos and was posted to the Commando Basic Training Centre for his training in April 1945. After successfully completing his training he was sent to the Holding Operational Commando but within a few months the disbandment of the Army Commandos commenced.

In 1946 he was commissioned and served with 2nd Bn. 7th Gurkha Rifles attaining the rank of Captain before resigning his commission in 1950 to work as an assistant tea plantation manager in East Bengal.

David Wilson Fletcher was the author of "The Children of Kanchenjunga" which tells of his experiences in Tibet. He ran a tea plantation in Darjeeling in 1953 and wrote another book about his time there "Himalayan Tea Garden."

An Obituary was published in the Derby Telegraph and can be viewed [HERE].

David Wilson Fletcher
b. 22-05-1926
d. 25-08-2019.
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