Cyril Holton, 3 Troop 11 Commando

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My father, Cyril Stanley Holton, trained as a commando in Galashiels, and - I think - in the Highlands too, and served in North Africa, possibly as a sniper. He was invalided out in 1943, after an accident while training as a paratrooper in Egypt. He died in 1970.

He almost never talked about his war: can anyone shed any light on his experience?

Brian Holton

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Hi Brian

Thanks for posting the photo which I have now placed in our No.11 Commando album with some of the information you provided on this and another forum entry:

http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/11/cyril+holton.jpg.html

I hope someone contacts you with more information

Regards

Pete R.

Thank you. All his seven brothers and sisters are dead now, so there is no-one I can ask about his story.

BH