WHEELDON, Charles Arnold
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Known as:
Arnold
Rank:
Lance Corporal (later Captain)
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Coldstream Guards
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
2663562
357093
Born:
Tuesday, July 11, 1916
Birthplace:
Cheadle, Cheshire
Died :
Friday, September 28, 2012
Place died:
Chelmsford, Essex
Guardsman Charles Arnold Wheeldon, known as Arnold, was attested into the Coldstream Guards on 17 September 1940 and later volunteered for the Commandos. He served in 6 Troop and the HQ Troop taking part in the D Day landings at Normandy.
In the weeks after D-Day, he produced a news-sheet, The Slit-Trench Sentinel, which gave the latest information about the progress of the landings on the other beaches.
- 20 November 1944 left Commando on being posted to 148 Pre Officer Cadet training Unit.
- 18 August 1945 discharged Coldstream Guards to a Commission.
- 19 August 1945 posted Royal Sussex Regiment. Served in the Far East.
- For many years Arnold was an active member of the London branch of the former Commando Association and in 2004 was serving on their General Committee.
Sources
Coldstream Guards Attestation Register 1940.
Coldstream Guards Nominal Roll 1940-41.
Coldstream Guards Discharge Register 1945-47.
London Gazette 37303, page 5014.
Commando Association newsletters 66, 81, 87, and 118.
[Images] His son John Wheeldon.
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