Maj AFL COLSON MBE, MA

1921-2007COPP 8 ROYAL ENGINEERS

Major AFL Colson MBE, MA

This site is dedicated to the memory of Reverend Major AFL Colson, MBE, MA. Active participant of COPP 8 and military historian of COPP (Combined Operations Pilotage Parties)

Download Double Handle - Alec Colson's 1950 account of the planned assault on Elizabeth Island Combermere Bay Burma by 3 Commando Brigade an unsuccessful operation carried out by COPP 8 in October 1944

NEWS

Some members of Major AFL Colson's family were honoured to attend the COPP 80th D-Day Commemorations on June 5th 2024 at Hayling Island Sailing Club

D-Day 80th Commemorations Hayling Island
D-Day 80th Commemorations Programme Hayling Island Sailing Club June 5th 2024

COPP Memorial Hayling Island
COPP Memorial Hayling Island

COPP Memorial Hayling Island
COPP Memorial Hayling Island

COPP Memorial Hayling Island
COPP Memorial Hayling Island

The family of Major AFL Colson are pleased to say that much of the family archive relating to COPP 8 and other material has now been gifted to the Imperial War Museums

Senio Curator Stephen Walton and Richard Colson atthe Imperial War Museum Duxford
Richard Colson and Senior Curator Stephen Walton at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford

BIOGRAPHY

  • Born Simla, Calcutta, India 1921
  • Cheltenham College
  • Oundle
  • St John's College Cambridge BSC Engineering 1940-41
  • Commissioned Officer Royal Engineers February 1942
  • Joined Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (8) 1942

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