VOGEL, Egon
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Served as :
VILLIERS, Ernest Robert
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
10 Commando
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment
Pioneer Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
6436356
Born:
Saturday, September 7, 1918
Birthplace:
Hamburg, Germany
Died :
Saturday, March 24, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Sergeant Ernest Robert Villiers, birth name Egon Vogel, was of the Jewish Faith and died during operations at the River Rhine crossing. He served under an alias of Ernest Robert Villiers in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of No.10 Inter Allied Commando but was attached at the time of his death to 46RM Commando. The previous year on 23 June 1944 he had been wounded during operations at the Sallenelles.
Egon Vogel was a refugee from Germany and not initially interned. Civil occupation - Trainee Plater (Engineer). Resided in 1939 with Leonard Hurrell (a Metropolitan Police Officer) and his wife Margarita Hurrell of 100 Sutton Court Road, Chiswick, W4. In 1940 Egon, along with many others, was classed as an enemy alien and interned, then transported to Australia on the S.S. Dunera 10 July 1940 (Dunera Boys). Returned to the UK on the S.S. Ceramic 21 December 1941. Joined the Pioneer Corps initially before volunteering for the Commandos and assuming the alias of Ernest Robert Villiers. Sources CWGC. 1944 - Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/78. 1945 - Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/91. WW2 Internees (Aliens) Index Cards 1939-1947 / National Archives file HO396/148. Alien Exemption from Internment Card / National Archives file HO 396/151. The 1939 Register covering Chiswick. The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
Egon Vogel was a refugee from Germany and not initially interned. Civil occupation - Trainee Plater (Engineer). Resided in 1939 with Leonard Hurrell (a Metropolitan Police Officer) and his wife Margarita Hurrell of 100 Sutton Court Road, Chiswick, W4. In 1940 Egon, along with many others, was classed as an enemy alien and interned, then transported to Australia on the S.S. Dunera 10 July 1940 (Dunera Boys). Returned to the UK on the S.S. Ceramic 21 December 1941. Joined the Pioneer Corps initially before volunteering for the Commandos and assuming the alias of Ernest Robert Villiers. Sources CWGC. 1944 - Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/78. 1945 - Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/91. WW2 Internees (Aliens) Index Cards 1939-1947 / National Archives file HO396/148. Alien Exemption from Internment Card / National Archives file HO 396/151. The 1939 Register covering Chiswick. The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
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