CHETWYND, Samuel Ernest

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
12 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Sherwood Forresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4977274
Died : 
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Corporal Samuel Chetwynd was reported missing 28 March 1942 after operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 457 as part of Captain Pritchard's Demolition Control Party and has no known grave. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chetwynd; husband of Elizabeth Chetwynd, of Shildon, Co. Durham.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/42 (1942) and WO417/60 (1943).
St Nazaire Society website.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 

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