Tod Sweeney British Military
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| First Name |
Tod
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| Last Name |
Sweeney
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| Birthday |
1st June, 1919
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| Birthplace |
Blyth, Northumberland
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| Died |
4th June, 2001
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Military
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Colonel Henry John Sweeney MC (1 June 1919 – 4 June 2001), known as Tod Sweeney, was an officer of the British Army. During the Second World War he was a platoon commander in the coup de main operation, by gliderborne troops of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd), on D-Day, 6 June 1944, tasked to seize Horsa Bridge and Pegasus Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began. The following day he was awarded the Military Cross for rescuing a wounded member of his platoon while under heavy fire near Escoville. Sweeney commanded the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) at Penang from April 1962 to January 1964; during the Brunei Revolt and Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.
