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Douglas Burns Drysdale
The Chosin Chronology , includes maps and photographs in re Task Force Drysdale . Well done .
https://mcoepublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/DonovanPapers/korea/TheChosinChronology.pdf
TheChosinChronology.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Drysdale-Douglas-B
Past Collective Comments in Re: Douglas Burns Drysdale
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 16, 2020 at 22:23Delete Comment
Douglas Burns Drysdale ,for further info about 2 pages back there are posts from July 9, 2016 and a pdf called Train Wreckers and Ghost Killers-Allied Marines in the Korean War PCN 19000410700_2.pdf
Comment by William Douglas on March 16, 2020 at 16:57Delete Comment
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Drysdale M.B.E.
http://www.commandoveterans.org/DouglasDrysdale41IndependentCommando
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on July 9, 2016 at 1:39Delete Comment
Train Wreckers and Ghost Killers-Allied Marines in the Korean War PCN 19000410700_2.pdf
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on July 9, 2016 at 1:36Delete Comment
Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, on 2 October 1916. He spent the majority of his youth in Argentina, where he developed a life-long passion for horsemanship, polo playing, and hunting. Commissioned a subaltern in September 1935 in the Royal Marines, he was given charge of HMS Renown c Marine detachment. lie remained on hoard the Renown during the first three years of World War II. During the occupation of Iceland, Lieutenant Drysdale served as the staff officer of "Force Fork," the combined force consisting of the 2d Battalion, Royal Marines, and a coastal battery. He was promoted to captain in June 1942 and assigned to the staff of the British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, D.C. Here, Captain Drysdale had his first contacts with U.S. Marines when he was attached to Headquarters United States Marine Corps as a liaison officer until 1943 when he became brigade major of 3 Special Service Brigade. He remained with the brigade for the rest of World War II. Tn September 1945, during the Burma campaign, 3 Special Service Brigade was assigned to carry out Operation Zipper, an amphibious operation that was canceled when the war ended. Major Drysdale was to serve as the commanding officer of 44 Commando during that operation. For outstanding service in that theater, the British government appointed Drysdale a Member of the British Empire (MBE). After the war, Major Drysdale served on the staff of the British army staff college at Camberley. He then joined the staff of the Officer's School where he was promoted to acting lieutenant colonel and assigned to command 41 Independent Royal Marine Commando. His command of 11 Commando in Korea was to be the highlight of a distinguished career. For his actions at the Chosin Reservoir, as well as his leadership of 41st Commando, Lieutenant Colonel Drysdale was awarded two Silver Stars and a Distinguished Service Order. Lieutenant Colonel Drysdale led 41 Commando until late 1951, when he was relieved by Lieutenant Colonel Ferris N. Grant. He then served as the Royal Marine representative at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, from 1952 to 1954. After leaving Quantico, Drysdale was appointed Commandant of the Royal Marine's Non-commissioned Officers School. He was then assigned to the staff of the Commandant General of Royal Marines, where he was promoted to colonel in June 1961. He was selected to command 3 Commando Brigade prior to his medical retirement in January 1962. He moved to Norfolk, England, in 1978 where he died on 22 June 1990 at the age of 73.
Comment by William Douglas on July 8, 2016 at 22:36Delete Comment
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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on October 3, 2024 at 10:53
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William,
Go to the comments section under the article on Royal Marine History, I noticed some of the folks had said they were kin to D B Drysdale. I contacted the author and thanked him for citing the source , I think Simon Biggs done a fine job on that article.
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Comment by William Douglas on October 3, 2024 at 9:15
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Re: Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale
One of my maternal lines is the Burns family, so the Colonel should have attracted b my interest earlier.
Given the proximily of the Burns family of Stirth and the Drysdales of Clackmannan, I now wonder if there is a connection.
George Burns, His Times and Friends
Chapter I. The Burns Family
George Burns was born on the 10th of December, 1795. He came of an old and long-lived family, which for many generations had occupied an honourable position in the West of Scotland. The life of his grandfather carries us back to the beginning of the eighteenth century, and that is far enough in history for us to travel in this narrative.
Old John Burn has left on record, among his early remembrances, the fact that he saw from his father's house the soldiers crowding past with their wounded from the battle of "Shirra Muir" in the Jacobite rising of 1715.
The family was originally named Burn, and John Burn, the grandfather of the subject of our narrative, was a Stirling man, where he owned the little property of Corntown. He was an author, a man of considerable learning, and of deep piety.
There lies before the present writer the contract of marriage betwixt Mr. John Burn, of Stirth, and Sheriff Muir.
Janet Young, youngest daughter of the deceas'1 William Young, of Risk, and Jean White, his relict spouse?at St. Ninians, February 9, 1741."
Janet Young had been a staunch adherent of the Rev. Ebenezer Erskinel of Stirling, one of the four "outed ministers" of 1733, and she continued a Seceder for some time after her marriage to John Burn, who was an Established Churchman, although in course of time she, like many others, seceded from the Secession.
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https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/lt-colonel-drysdale-royal-... , as usual URL will have extra %C2%A0 at the end , cut the URL %C2%A0 and it will load.
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November 30 2022
Seoul-South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late British colonel as next month’s Korean War hero for his contribution to the success of a major evacuation operation during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Wednesday.Douglas Burns Drysdale, then head of the 41st Independent Commando Royal Marines, was credited with helping U.S. Marines caught in a fierce battle, delaying Chinese troops’ advance southward and thus paving the way for the successful South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late British colonel as next month’s Korean War hero for his contribution to the success of a major evacuation operation during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Wednesday.
Douglas Burns Drysdale, then head of the 41st Independent Commando Royal Marines, was credited with helping U.S. Marines caught in a fierce battle, delaying Chinese troops’ advance southward and thus paving the way for the successful Hungnam evacuation, according to the ministry.
Drysdale participated in the war under the U.N. banner from September 1950 through December of the same year.
He is particularly noted for having conducted a perilous infiltration operation to support troops of the U.S.’ 1st Marine Division encircled by Chinese forces during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in late 1950.
In June last year, the South Korean government awarded him the Order of Military Merit., according to the ministry. He is particularly noted for having conducted a perilous infiltration operation to support troops of the U.S.’ 1st Marine Division encircled by Chinese forces during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in late 1950.
In June last year, the South Korean government awarded him the Order of Military Merit.
Source: Korea biz wire
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Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, on 2 October 1916. He spent the majority of his youth in Argentina....
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