John (Jack) Bernard TEMPEST( CHX102294)

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Hello

I am in the very early stages of trying to gather some detailed background in respect of my late father-in-law, named above. Like so many others and understandably he chose not to talk in any detail as regards his WW2 experiences. We do recall that he trained initially as a Royal Marine in March 1941 at Chatham before undertaking duties from August 1943 as a RM Commando (Information gleamed mainly from Jack's Certificate of Service). He was discharged from the Service in April 1946. It is believed that Jack during his time attended training in Scotland, Saundersfoot in Wales, and saw active service in both Italy & Burma. He also spoke of having spent some time in India. We know that as a result of his service he was awarded several medals including The Burma Star.

The purpose of this request is to try and establish Jack's movements and experiences during WW2, and details of his Regiment particularly whilst in Italy & Burma. My initial thoughts are that he possibly served with RM Commando 44?? I do appreciate that there is a wealth of information contained within this website and I will endeavour to try and work my way through what appears to be the relevant content.

Thank you for your attention to this matter

Hi Alan

Unlike today in WW2 not all Royal Marines were Commandos. We do not have access to official service records and in the absence of anything on our website I would ask you to consider providing a photo of his service certificate showing any Commando service. You can also post a photo of your Father in law with this. We do have a maximum file limit size on the Forum of 1mb. If you have any difficulties let me know. I would also point you in the direction of our document on service records and in particular victualling records on Royal Marines here:

http://www.commandoveterans.org/ServiceRecords