Hough, N. Mne.

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Marine Norman Hough started his service on the 24th of September 1940. From the 16th of December 1940 until 14 September 1942 he served in the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation. Mne Hough became POW in Italy from September 1942 to March 1943 as a result of the failed raid on Tobruk as part of Operation Agreement 13/14 September 1942. From 15 September 1942 until 3 December 1942 he was registered as having served in Plymouth Division and became Home Based Ledger in Royal Marines Division from 4 December 1942 until 31 July 1943. Mne. Hough was repatriated in March 1943 through the port of Smyarna in Turkey. From the 1st of August 1943 he went to Royal Marines Training Group Dalditch and from 9 March 1944 into a Holding Unit until the 31st of August 1944. On the 1st of September 1944 he was assigned to 47 RM Commando with which he served until the 11th of January 1946. On the 12th of January 1946 he went back to Plymouth Division and was released to Class "A" on the 25th of April 1946.