FROST, Henry Shelmerdine

Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
51ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Cheshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Service: 
Army
Number: 
51425
Honours & Awards: 
Born: 
Wednesday, June 4, 1913
Died : 
Wednesday, March 5, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
27
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Captain Henry Shelmerdine Frost
Captain Henry Frost died during operations in Eritrea when leading a patrol up a steep gulley running South from Beit Gabru to harass enemy positions.
Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of distinguished service.
Son of Lt.-Col. John Meadows Frost, D.S.O., and Olivia Frost. of Chester.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2.
Account by Lt. Col. Cator in the book Middle East Commandos by Charles Messenger.
MiD - London Gazette 35396, page 7347 published 30 December 1941.
[Image above] Photo from report in the Liverpool Evening Express 19 March 1941.
[Image below] Report in the Chester Chronicle 22 March 1941.
 
Notes - Keren War Cemetery
Keren was the last Italian stronghold in Eritrea and the scene of the most decisive battle of the war in East Africa in February and March 1941. (Source:CWGC.)
 
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