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Rank : WO2 (later Major)

Army Number : 22581493 and 488327

Unit : 4th R Anglian

Biography :

Colin Ladley joined the 1st Bn The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1951, serving with them, 1st Bn The 3rd East Anglian Regiment and 3rd R Anglian for fifteen years from Private to Company Sergeant Major. He was Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant of 4th R ANGLIAN 1967-69, in Malta, Gillingham and Bahrain. He was granted a Short Service Commission on 21.10.1969 as a Lt, serving with 3rd R ANGLIAN in Cyprus and Germany. He was promoted Capt on 21.10.1971. He retired from the Army on 2.5.1976 and was granted the Hon rank of Major. His twenty-five years of service was spent solely in Infantry Battalions.
He died in 2019, aged 88 years.

This page was last edited on 15.4.2019.

Date of Birth : Apr 1931

Place of Birth : Ware, Hertfordshire

Date of Death : 10.4.2019

Period of Service : 1951-76

Conflicts : Malayan Emergency, Aden

Places Served : Egypt, Gemany, Malaya, Northern Ireland, Berlin, Aden, Malta, England, Bahrain, Cyprus