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Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Lieut. M. Weller. R.M.) extremely fine £200-£240

Michael Weller was born in Gosport, Hampshire, on 22 May 1935. Serving initially with the Infantry Training Centre, Royal Marines, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 1 November 1953 and was posted as Acting Lieutenant to 40 Commando in 1956, being confirmed in that rank on 1 April 1957. He was posted to 42 Commando in 1958, and 40 Commando the following year, and served in H.M.S. Ashanti during operations in the Arabian Peninsula for 10 months in 1963. Posted to 43 Commando the following year, he was promoted Captain on 1 January 1965, and after a spell with the Royal Marines Training Group retired in 1972. He died on 25 March 2000.

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