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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br />
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Pictured: A photograph of Marine Jock Mathieson.<br />
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The medals, weapons and personal effects of a hero D-Day commando have sold for over £11,000 - 22 times their estimate.<br />
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Marine Jock Mathieson narrowly escaped death during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.<br />
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A bullet pierced the fuel tank of his motorbike which he was carrying above his head while wading through the sea towards Juno Beach.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: LindsayBurns/BNPS

Pictured: A photograph of Marine Jock Mathieson.

The medals, weapons and personal effects of a hero D-Day commando have sold for over £11,000 - 22 times their estimate.

Marine Jock Mathieson narrowly escaped death during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.

A bullet pierced the fuel tank of his motorbike which he was carrying above his head while wading through the sea towards Juno Beach.