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Act. Capt. Cyril Gordon H. Miers DSC
Royal Navy Royal Marines
My grandfather was an Acting Captain in the Royal Marines and took part in the D-day landings. He was commissioned on 11th September 1939 as a 2nd Lt. and promoted to Lt. on 16th February 1941. By 1945 he was an Acting Captain serving in India. He was awarded the DSC in November 1944 "for services during the landings in Normandy".