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Edward John Casselden
Known as Ted
Marine
CH/X/102044
44RM Commando.
Enlisted Royal Marines 28 Jan. 1941.
Commando Service 1 Sept. 1943 to 24 Jan. 1946.
b. 5 June 1915 Kilburn.
d. 17 June 1992 Exeter.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:25:35 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/59835-4/casselden.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/44+RM+Cdo_001/casselden/ https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/44+RM+Cdo_001/casselden/dad_telegraph_boy.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/44+RM+Cdo_001/casselden/dad_telegraph_boy.jpg.html
Photo courtesy of his son Dr. Mike Casselden who adds "Dad when he was a GPO telegraph boy which I think was about 1934 when he was about 19."
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Photo courtesy of their son Dr. Mike Casselden who adds "April 1941 just after he had finished his Royal Marine training having joined up earlier in January 1941."
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This photo is annotated as in the title above. Photo from the collection of Mne. Edward Casselden, who served with 44RM Cdo.
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Photo courtesy of son, and grandson, Dr. Mike Casselden who adds "Dad with his father, Frederick, who during the First World War was in the RM Artillery, Anti Aircraft Brigade. He had gone out to Ceylon to see his daughter before the war and got trapped there due to hostilities and volunteered at the South East Asia Command Centre for the duration, returning home in 1946 when dad did.
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Photo courtesy of Ted's son Dr Mike Casselden who adds "Dad with his two brothers, Terence(known as Tel and with the moustache)and Albert (known as Leslie) along with his his sister Ivy when the three of them met up in Kandy about October 1944."
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